| Al2O3 | Aluminum Oxide |
| Al-SiC | Aluminum-Silicon Carbide Composite |
| CLSM | Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy |
| CSM | Continuous Stiffness Measurement |
| Er | Reduced Modulus |
| E | Elastic Modulus (Young’s Modulus) |
| EDX | Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectroscopy |
| H | Hardness |
| HCl | Hydrochloric Acid |
| HF | Hydrofluoric Acid |
| HNO3 | Nitric Acid |
| Hs | Scratch Hardness |
| ICDD | International Centre for Diffraction Data |
| ICP-OES | Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectroscopy |
| MEMS | Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems |
| MML | Mechanically Mixed Layer |
| Mg2Si | Magnesium Silicide |
| MMCs | Metal Matrix Composites |
| Powder Diffraction File | |
| Ra | Arithmetic Average Surface Roughness |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| XRD | X-ray Diffraction |
| YS | Yield Strength |
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