| BM | Base Metal (also identified as parent metal) |
| FSW | Friction Stir Welding |
| FZ | Fusion Zone |
| GMAW | Gas Metal Arc Welding |
| GMAW-P | Pulsed Gas Metal Arc Welding |
| GP | Guinier–Preston Zones |
| HAZ | Heat-Affected Zone |
| HV | Hardness Vickers |
| OCP | Open-Circuit Potential |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SEM | Scanning Electron Microscope, Scanning Electron Microscopy |
| TIG | Tungsten Inert Gas |
| WZ | Welding Zone |
| XRD | X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Diffractometer |