100 common acronyms

Question 1

ADC

Answer 1

Analog-to-digital converter

Question 2

AE

Answer 2

Appearance energy

Question 3

AMS

Answer 3

Accelerator mass spectrometry

Question 4

APCI

Answer 4

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

Question 5

API

Answer 5

Atmospheric pressure ionization

Question 6

AP-MALDI

Answer 6

Atmospheric pressure matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization

Question 7

APPI

Answer 7

Atmospheric pressure photoionization

Question 8

ASAP

Answer 8

Atmospheric solids analysis probe

Question 9

B

Answer 9

Magnetic sector (as part of an instrument configuration)

Question 10

CE (1)

Answer 10

Capillary electrophoresis

Question 11

CE (2)

Answer 11

Charge exchange (equivalent to CT)

Question 12

CI

Answer 12

Chemical ionization

Question 13

CID

Answer 13

Collision induced dissociation

Question 14

CT

Answer 14

Charge transfer (formerly CE)

Question 15

DART

Answer 15

Direct analysis in real time

Question 16

DCI

Answer 16

Desorption (or direct) chemical ionization

Question 17

DEI

Answer 17

Desorption (or direct) electron ionization

Question 18

DE

Answer 18

Delayed extraction

Question 19

DESI

Answer 19

Desorption electrospray/ionization

Question 20

DIP

Answer 20

Direct insertion probe

Question 21

E

Answer 21

Electrostatic sector (as part of an instrument configuration, cf. ESA)

Question 22

EA

Answer 22

Electron affinity

Question 23

EC

Answer 23

Electron capture

Question 24

ECD

Answer 24

Electron capture dissociation

Question 25

EDD

Answer 25

Electron detachment dissociation

Question 26

EI

Answer 26

Electron ionization

Question 27

ESA

Answer 27

Electrostatic analyzer (cf. E)

Question 28

ESI

Answer 28

Electrospray ionization

Question 29

ETD

Answer 29

Electron transfer dissociation

Question 30

FAB

Answer 30

Fast-atom bombardment

Question 31

FD

Answer 31

Field desorption

Question 32

FI

Answer 32

Field ionization

Question 33

FT-ICR

Answer 33

Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance

Question 34

GB

Answer 34

Gas phase basicity

Question 35

GC

Answer 35

Gas chromatography

Question 36

GC-MS

Answer 36

Gas chromatograph-mass spectrometry

Question 37

GD

Answer 37

Glow discharge

Question 38

HDX

Answer 38

Hydrogen-deuterium exchange

Question 39

HR

Answer 39

High resolution

Question 40

HV (1)

Answer 40

High vacuum

Question 41

HV (2)

Answer 41

High voltage

Question 42

ICP

Answer 42

Inductively coupled plasma

Question 43

ICR

Answer 43

Ion cyclotron resonance

Question 44

IE

Answer 44

Ionization energy

Question 45

IMS

Answer 45

Ion mobility spectrometry

Question 46

IR-MS

Answer 46

Isotope-ratio mass spectrometry

Question 47

Ir-MALDI

Answer 47

Infrared matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization

Question 48

IRMPD

Answer 48

Infrared multiphoton dissociation

Question 49

KER

Answer 49

Kinetic energy release

Question 50

LA

Answer 50

Laser ablation

Question 51

LC

Answer 51

Liquid chromatography

Question 52

LC-MS

Answer 52

Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry

Question 53

LDI

Answer 53

Laser desorption/ionization

Question 54

LIFDI

Answer 54

Liquid injection field desorption/ionization

Question 55

LIT

Answer 55

Linear quadrupole ion trap

Question 56

LOD

Answer 56

Limit of detection

Question 57

LR

Answer 57

Low resolution

Question 58

LSIMS

Answer 58

Liquid secondary ion-mass spectrometry

Question 59

MALDI

Answer 59

Matrix assisted laser desorption/ionization

Question 60

MCP

Answer 60

Microchannel plate

Question 61

MID

Answer 61

Multiple ion detection

Question 62

MIKES

Answer 62

Mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectroscopy

Question 63

MS

Answer 63

Mass spectrometry (not to be used for 'mass spectrometer' or 'mass spectrum')

Question 64

MS/MS

Answer 64

Mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry or tandem mass spectrometry

Question 65

MRM

Answer 65

Multiple reaction monitoring

Question 66

MUPI

Answer 66

Multiphoton ionization

Question 67

nanoESI

Answer 67

Nano electrospray ionization

Question 68

NCI

Answer 68

Negative-ion chemical ionization

Question 69

NICI

Answer 69

Negative-ion chemical ionization

Question 70

PA

Answer 70

Proton affinity

Question 71

PCI

Answer 71

Positive-ion chemical ionization

Question 72

PICI

Answer 72

Positive-ion chemical ionization

Question 73

PIE

Answer 73

Pulsed ion extraction

Question 74

PTR-MS

Answer 74

Proton transfer reaction-mass spectrometry

Question 75

Py

Answer 75

Pyrolysis

Question 76

Q

Answer 76

Linear quadrupole (as part of an instrument configuration)

Question 77

q

Answer 77

RF-only linear quadrupole (as part of an instrument configuration)

Question 78

QET

Answer 78

Quasi equilibrium theory

Question 79

QIT

Answer 79

Quadrupole ion trap

Question 80

RE

Answer 80

Recombination energy

Question 81

REMPI

Answer 81

Resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization

Question 82

RF

Answer 82

Radio frequency

Question 83

RIC

Answer 83

Reconstructed ion chromatogram

Question 84

SEC

Answer 84

Size exclusion chromatography

Question 85

SEM

Answer 85

Secondary electron multiplier

Question 86

SIM

Answer 86

Selected ion monitoring

Question 87

SIMS

Answer 87

Secondary-ion mass spectrometry

Question 88

SRM

Answer 88

Selected reaction monitoring

Question 89

SSMS

Answer 89

Spark source mass spectrometry

Question 90

TI

Answer 90

Thermal ionization

Question 91

TIC

Answer 91

Total ion chromatogram

Question 92

TIMS

Answer 92

Thermal ionization mass spectrometry

Question 93

TMP

Answer 93

Turbomolecular pump

Question 94

TOF

Answer 94

Time-of-flight (analyzer)

Question 95

TWIG

Answer 95

Traveling wave ion guide

Question 96

UHR

Answer 96

Ultrahigh resolution

Question 97

UHV

Answer 97

Ultrahigh vacuum

Question 98

UV-MALDI

Answer 98

Ultraviolet matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization

Question 99

YIKES

Answer 99

Well, after reading all that

Question 100

ZEKE

Answer 100

Zero kinetic energy electron