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List of mass spectrometry acronyms

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This is a compilation of initialisms and acronyms commonly used in mass spectrometry.

A ADI – Ambient desorption ionization AE – Appearance energy AFADESI – Air flow-assisted desorption electrospray ionization AFAI – Air flow-assisted ionization AFAPA – Aerosol flowing atmospheric-pressure afterglow AGHIS – All-glass heated inlet system AIRLAB – Ambient infrared laser ablation AMS – Accelerator mass spectrometry AMS – Aerosol mass spectrometer AMU – Atomic mass unit AP – Appearance potential AP MALDI – Atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization APCI – Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization API – Atmospheric pressure ionization APPI – Atmospheric pressure photoionization ASAP – Atmospheric Sample Analysis Probe ASMS – American Society for Mass Spectrometry

B BP – Base peak BIRD – Blackbody infrared radiative dissociation

C CRF – Charge remote fragmentation CSR – Charge stripping reaction CI – Chemical ionization CA – Collisional activation CAD – Collisionally activated dissociation CID – Collision-induced dissociation CRM – Consecutive reaction monitoring CF-FAB – Continuous flow fast atom bombardment CRIMS – Chemical reaction interface mass spectrometry CTD – Charge transfer dissociation

D DE – Delayed extraction DADI – Direct analysis of daughter ions DAPPI – Desorption atmospheric pressure photoionization DEP – Direct exposure probe DESI – Desorption electrospray ionization DIOS – Desorption/ionization on silicon DIP – Direct insertion probe DART – Direct analysis in real time DLI – Direct liquid introduction DIA – Data independent acquisition

E EA – Electron affinity EAD – Electron-activated dissociation ECD – Electron-capture dissociation ECI – Electron capture ionization EDD – Electron-detachment dissociation EI – Electron ionization (or electron impact) EJMS – European Journal of Mass Spectrometry ESA – Electrostatic energy analyzer ES/ESI – Electrospray ionisation ETD – Electron-transfer dissociation eV – Electronvolt

F FAIMS – High-field asymmetric waveform ion mobility spectrometry FAB – Fast atom bombardment FIB – Fast ion bombardment FD – Field desorption FFR – Field-free region FI – Field ionization FT-ICR MS – Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer FTMS – Fourier transform mass spectrometer

G GDMS – Glow discharge mass spectrometry

H HDX – Hydrogen/deuterium exchange HCD – Higher-energy C-trap dissociation

I ICAT – Isotope-coded affinity tag ICP – Inductively coupled plasma ICRMS – Ion cyclotron resonance mass spectrometer IDMS – Isotope dilution mass spectrometry IJMS – International Journal of Mass Spectrometry IRMPD – Infrared multiphoton dissociation IKES – Ion kinetic energy spectrometry IMS – Ion mobility spectrometry IMSC – International Mass Spectrometry Conference IMSF – International Mass Spectrometry Foundation IRMS – Isotope ratio mass spectrometry IT – Ion trap ITMS – Ion trap mass spectrometry ITMS – Ion trap mobility spectrometry iTRAQ – Isobaric tag for relative and absolute quantitation

J JASMS – Journal of the American Society for Mass Spectrometry JEOL – Japan Electro-Optics Laboratory JMS – Journal of Mass Spectrometry

K KER – Kinetic energy release KERD – Kinetic energy release distribution

L LCMS – Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry LD – Laser desorption LDI – Laser desorption ionization LI – Laser ionization LMMS – Laser microprobe mass spectrometry LIT – Linear ion trap LSI – Liquid secondary ionization LSII – Laserspray ionization inlet

M MIKES – Mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy spectrometry MS – Mass spectrometer MS – Mass spectrometry MS2 – Mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry, i.e. tandem mass spectrometry MS/MS – Mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry, i.e. tandem mass spectrometry MALDESI – Matrix-assisted laser desorption electrospray ionization MALDI – Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization MAII – Matrix-assisted inlet ionization MAIV – Matrix-assisted ionization vacuum MIMS – Membrane introduction mass spectrometry, membrane inlet mass spectrometry, membrane interface mass spectrometry MCP – Microchannel plate MSn – Multiple-stage mass spectrometry MCP – Microchannel plate MPI – Multiphoton ionization MRM – Multiple reaction monitoring

N NEMS-MS – Nanoelectromechanical systems mass spectrometry NETD – Negative electron-transfer dissociation NICI – Negative ion chemical ionization NRMS – Neutralization reionization mass spectrometry

O oa-TOF – Orthogonal acceleration time of flight OMS – Organic Mass Spectrometry (journal)

P PDI – Plasma desorption/ionization PDMS – Plasma desorption mass spectrometry PAD – Post-acceleration detector PSD – Post-source decay PyMS – Pyrolysis mass spectrometry

Q QUISTOR – Quadrupole ion storage trap QIT – Quadrupole ion trap QMS – Quadrupole mass spectrometer QTOF – Quadrupole time of flight

R RCM – Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry REIMS – Rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry REMPI – Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization RGA – Residual gas analyzer RI – Resonance ionization

S SAII – Solvent-assisted ionization inlet SELDI – Surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization SESI – Secondary electrospray ionization SHRIMP – Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe SIFT – Selected ion flow tube SILAC – Stable isotope labelling by amino acids in cell culture SIM – Selected ion monitoring SIMS – Secondary ion mass spectrometry SIR – Selected ion recording SNMS – Secondary neutral mass spectrometry SRM – Selected reaction monitoring SWIFT – Stored waveform inverse Fourier transform SID – Surface-induced dissociation SIR – Surface-induced reaction SI – Surface ionization SORI – Sustained off-resonance irradiation

T TI – Thermal ionization TIC - Total ion chromatogram TICC – Total ion current chromatogram, synonymous with TIC TLF – Time-lag focusing TMT – Tandem mass tags TOF-MS – Time-of-flight mass spectrometer

References

External links Mass Spectroscopy Acronym Page at MIT

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