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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.^[1]^[2]

A[edit]

ADI – Ambient desorption ionization
AE – Appearance energy
AFADESI – Air flow-assisted desorption electrospray ionization
AFAI – Air flow-assisted ionization^[3]
AFAPA – Aerosol flowing atmospheric-pressure afterglow
AGHIS – All-glass heated inlet system^[4]
AIRLAB – Ambient infrared laser ablation^[5]
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[edit]

BP – Base peak
BIRD – Blackbody infrared radiative dissociation^[6]

C[edit]

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^[7]
CTD – Charge transfer dissociation^[8]

D[edit]

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^[9]
DIP – Direct insertion probe
DART – Direct analysis in real time
DLI – Direct liquid introduction
DIA – Data independent acquisition

E[edit]

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[edit]

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

H[edit]

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

I[edit]

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[edit]

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

K[edit]

KER – Kinetic energy release
KERD – Kinetic energy release distribution

L[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

O[edit]

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

P[edit]

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

Q[edit]

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

R[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

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