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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Anneal | Heat process used to remove stress, crystallize or render deposited material more uniform. |
| Anode | The electrode in an electrochemical cell or galvanic couple that experiences oxidation, or gives up electrons. |
| Arrhenius equation | The equation representing the rate constant as k = AeEa/RT where A represents the product of the collision frequency and a steric factor, and eEa/RT is fraction of collisions with sufficient energy to produce a reaction. |
| ASIC | Application-specific integrated circuit; an IC designed for a custom requirement. |
| Atomic mass unit (a.m.u.) | A unit of mass used to express relative atomic masses. It is equal to 1/12 of the mass of an atom of the isotope carbon-12 and is equal to 1.66033x10-27 kg |
| Atomic number (also proton number Z) | The number of protons within the atomic nucleus of a chemical element. |
| Atomic weight | The weighted average mass of the atoms in a naturally occurring element. |
| Austenite | Face-centered cubic iron; also iron and steel alloys that have the FCC crystal structure. |
| Avogadro's number | The number of atoms in exactly 12 grams of pure 12C, equal to 6.022 × 1023. |
| Band gap energy (Eg) | For semiconductors and insulators, the energies that lie between the valence and conduction bands; for intrinsic materials, electrons are forbidden to have energies within this range. |
