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Acronyms in microscopy



This list is outdated. Technological status of 1997.

Abbreviations

  • AAS Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy
  • ACF absorption correction factor
  • ADC analog to digital converter
  • AED Atomic Emission Detector
  • AEM analytical electron microscope/microscopy
  • AES Atomic Emission Spectroscopy
  • AES Auger electron spectroscopy
  • AFM atomic force microscopy
  • AFS Atomic Fluorescence Spectroscopy
  • APSTM Analytical Photon Scanning Tunneling Microscope
  • ATW atmospheric thin window
  • BSE backscattered electron
  • BSED backscattered electron diffraction
  • BSEI backscattered electron image/imaging
  • CB coherent bremsstrahlung
  • CBIM convergent-beam imaging
  • CCD charge-coupled device
  • CFEG cold field-emission gun
  • CL condenser lens
  • CL cathodoluminescence
  • CRT cathode-ray tube
  • CS counter-scanning
  • CSI counter-scanned images
  • CTEM Conventional Transmission Electron Microscopy
  • DP Diffraction Pattern
  • DSTEM dedicated scanning transmission electron microscopy
  • EBIC electron beam-induced current
  • EBSD electron backscatter diffraction
  • ECD Electron Capture Detector
  • EDAX Energy Dispersive Analysis of X-rays
  • EDS Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy
  • EDX Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis
  • EDXF Enery Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence
  • EELS electron energy-loss spectrometry/spectroscopy
  • EFM Electro-Force Microscopy
  • EFTEM energy filtering transmission electron microscope
  • EI Electron Impact
  • EM Electron Microscopy
  • EMMA electron microscope microanalyzer
  • EMP electron microprobe
  • EMPA electron microprobe analysis
  • EMS electron microscopy image simulation
  • EPASA Electron Probe Analysis Society of America
  • EPMA electron probe microanalyzer
  • EPMA electron probe micro analysis
  • EPMA electron probe microanalysis
  • ESCA electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis
  • ESD Electron Stimulated Desorption
  • ESEM Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy
  • ESI electron spectroscopic imaging
  • ESR Electron Spin Resonance
  • FA Fluorescence Analysis
  • FCF fluorescence correction factor
  • FEG field emission gun
  • FEM Field Emission Electron Microscopy
  • FET field effect transistor
  • FFEM Freeze-Fracture Electron Microscopy
  • FFT fast Fourier transform
  • FIM field ion microscopy
  • FOS feature-oriented scanning
  • FOSPM feature-oriented scanning probe microscopy
  • FSE fast secondary electron
  • FWHM full width at half maximum
  • FWTM full width at tenth maximum
  • GB grain boundary
  • GCS generalized cross section
  • HPGe high purity Germanium detector
  • HREM high resolution electron microscope
  • HRTEM High-resolution transmission electron microscopy
  • HV high vacuum
  • HVEM high voltage electron microscope/microscopy
  • ICP Inductively Coupled Plasma
  • IR infrared spectroscopy
  • IVEM intermediate voltage electron microscope/microscopy
  • JEOL Japanese Electron Optics Laboratory
  • KAP potassium acid phthalate
  • LDE1 Layered Dispertion Element 1
  • LDE2 Layered Dispertion Element 2
  • LEED low-energy electron diffraction
  • LEEM Low-energy electron microscopy
  • LIF Lithium Fluoride
  • LM light microscopy
  • LOD Limit Of Detection
  • MAC mass absorption coefficient
  • MAS Microbeam Analysis Society
  • MCA multichannel analyzer
  • MDM minimum detectable mass
  • MEEM Metastable Electron Emission Microscopy
  • MEM Mirror Electron Microscopy
  • MFM Magnetic Force Microscopy
  • MLS multiple least squares fit
  • MMF minimum mass fraction
  • MS Mass Spectroscopy
  • MTXM Magnetic Transmission X-ray Microscopy
  • NAA Neutron Activation Analysis
  • NIST National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • nm nanometer
  • NMR Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
  • NPD Nitrogen-Phosphorus Detector
  • OBHIC Optical Beam Heat Induced Current
  • OBIC Optical Beam Induced Current
  • OBIRCH Optical Beam Induced Resistance Change
  • OES Optical Emission Spectroscopy
  • P/B peak-to-background ratio
  • PAP Pouchou and Pichoir
  • PB phase boundary
  • PB Particle Beam
  • PEELS parallel electron energy-loss spectroscopy
  • PEEM Photoemission Electron Microscopy
  • PES Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • PET Pentaerythritol
  • PLI Photoluminescence Imaging
  • PMT photomultiplier tube
  • PTMS photothermal microspectroscopy
  • ppb parts per billion
  • ppm parts per million
  • QE quantum efficiency
  • RAP rubidum acid phthalate ratemeter
  • REM reflection electron microscope/microscopy
  • RESOXS Resonant Soft X-ray Scattering
  • RHEED reflection high-energy electron diffraction
  • S/N signal-to-noise ratio
  • SAD selected-area diffraction
  • SAED selected area electron diffraction
  • SAM scanning Auger microscopy/microprobe
  • SAXS Small-Angle X-ray Scattering
  • SCL Spectrally Resolved Cathodoluminescence
  • SE secondary electron
  • SEELS serial electron energy-loss spectrometer/spectrometry
  • SEM scanning electron microscope/microscopy
  • SESM scanning electron spectrometric spectroscopy
  • Si(Li) Lithium drifted silicon
  • SIMS secondary ion mass spectrometry/spectroscopy
  • SPEEM Scanning Photoemission Electron Microscopy
  • SPELEEM Spectroscopic Photoemission and Low Energy Electron Microscopy
  • SPEM Scanning Photoelectron Microscopy
  • SPM Scanning probe microscopy
  • SRM standard reference material
  • STEM scanning transmission electron microscope/microscopy
  • STM scanning tunneling microscope/microscopy
  • STS Scanning Tunneling Spectroscopy
  • STXM Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscopy
  • TAP Thallium Acid Phthalate
  • TB twin boundary
  • TED Transmission Electron Diffraction
  • TED Thermionic Emission Detector
  • TEM transmission electron microscope/microscopy
  • TLE Thin Layer Electrode
  • TOF-MS Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry
  • TXM Transmission X-ray Microscopy
  • UHV ultrahigh vacuum
  • UTW ultra thin window
  • VDIC voltage distribution contrast
  • VLM visible-light microscope/microscopy
  • WDS wavelength-dispersive
  • WDX wavelength dispersive X-ray spectroscopy
  • XANES X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy
  • XANES X-ray absorption near-edge structure
  • XEDS X-ray energy-dispersive
  • XPEEM X-ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy
  • XPLEEM X-ray Photoemission and Low Energy Electron Microscopy
  • XPS X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy
  • XRD X-ray diffraction
  • XRF X-ray Fluorescence
  • ZAF atomic number, absorption, fluorescence correction

See also

  • Failure analysis
 
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