Glossary
- API: atmospheric pressure ionization
- APCI: atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
- APPI: atmospheric pressure photoionization
- B: a magnetic sector, comes from use of letter B to denote magnetic field vector
- BIRD: blackbody infrared dissociation
- CAD: collisionally-activated dissociation (see CID)
- CCD: charge coupled device
- CI: chemical ionization
- CID: collision-induced dissociation (see CAD)
- Da: Dalton, unit of atomic mass
- DCI: desorption chemical ionization
- E: an electrostatic sector, comes from use of letter E to denote electric field vector
- EA: electron affinity
- ECD: electron capture dissociation
- EI: electron ionization (also formerly known as "electron impact")
- EID: electron-induced dissociation
- ESA: electrostatic analyzer (also see "E")
- ESI: electrospray ionization
- ETD: electron transfer dissociation
- FAB: fast atom bombardment
- FD: field desorption
- FFR: field free region
- FI: field ionization
- FT: Fourier transform
- FT-ICR: Fourier transform ion cyclotron resonance
- FT-MS: Fourier transform mass spectrometry
- FWHM: full width at half maximum (height), typically associated with resolving power
- GC: gas chromatography
- HPLC: high performance liquid chromatrography
- ICP: inductively coupled plasma
- IE: ionization energy
- IR: infrared
- IRMPD: infrared multiphoton photodissociation
- LC: liquid chromatography
- LDI: laser desorption/ionization
- LSIMS: liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry
- MALDI: matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
- MCP: microchannel plate
- MECA: multiple excitation collision-activation
- MIKE: mass-analyzed ion kinetic energy
- MS: mass spectrometry/mass spectrometer
- PAD: post acceleration detector
- PDMS: plasma desorption mass spectrometry
- PSD: post source decay
- Q: a quadrupole sector
- ref: reflectron
- RF: radio frequency
- SFC: supercritical fluid chromatography
- SID: surface-induced dissociation
- SIMS: secondary ion mass spectrometry
- SORI: sustained off-resonance irradiation
- SWIFT: stored waveform inverse Fourier transform
- Th: Thomson, unofficial unit for m/z
- TIC: total ion count
- TLC: thin layer chromatography
- ToF: time-of-flight
- TS: thermospray
- UVPD: ultraviolet photodissociation
- VLE: very low-energy