100 common acronyms Flashcards
ADC
Analog-to-digital converter
AE
Appearance energy
AMS
Accelerator mass spectrometry
APCI
Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
API
Atmospheric pressure ionization
AP-MALDI
Atmospheric pressure matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization
APPI
Atmospheric pressure photoionization
ASAP
Atmospheric solids analysis probe
B
Magnetic sector (as part of an instrument configuration)
CE (1)
Capillary electrophoresis
CE (2)
Charge exchange (equivalent to CT)
CI
Chemical ionization
CID
Collision induced dissociation
CT
Charge transfer (formerly CE)
DART
Direct analysis in real time
DCI
Desorption (or direct) chemical ionization
DEI
Desorption (or direct) electron ionization
DE
Delayed extraction
DESI
Desorption electrospray/ionization
DIP
Direct insertion probe
E
Electrostatic sector (as part of an instrument configuration, cf. ESA)
EA
Electron affinity
EC
Electron capture
ECD
Electron capture dissociation
EDD
Electron detachment dissociation
EI
Electron ionization
ESA
Electrostatic analyzer (cf. E)
ESI
Electrospray ionization
ETD
Electron transfer dissociation
FAB
Fast-atom bombardment
FD
Field desorption
FI
Field ionization
FT-ICR
Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance
GB
Gas phase basicity
GC
Gas chromatography
GC-MS
Gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry
GD
Glow discharge
HDX
Hydrogen-deuterium exchange
HR
High resolution
HV (1)
High vacuum