List of mass spectrometry acronyms

This is a compilation of initialisms and acronyms commonly used in mass spectrometry.^[1][2]

Contents 

• !–9
• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• References
• External links

A

• 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
• 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^[6]

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^[7]

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^[8]
• DIP – direct insertion probe
• DART – Direct analysis in real time
• DLI – Direct liquid introduction

E

• EA – Electron affinity
• 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

• 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
• MS/MS – Mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry, i.e. tandem mass spectrometry
• MALDI – Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
• MAII - Matrix assisted inlet ionization Inlet
• 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

• 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

R

• RCM – Rapid Communications in 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
• 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
• 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 current
• TICC – Total ion current chromatogram
• TLF – Time-lag focusing
• TMT – Tandem mass tags
• TOF-MS – Time-of-flight mass spectrometer

V

• VG – Vacuum Generators (company)

References

1. Busch, Kenneth L. (February 2002). "SAMS:Speaking with Acronyms in Mass Spectrometry" (PDF). Spectroscopy. 17 (2). Retrieved 2009-02-02.
2. Busch, Kenneth L. (May 1, 2006). "Acronyms in Mass Spectrometry". spectroscopyonline.com. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
3. He, Jiuming; Tang, Fei; Luo, Zhigang; Chen, Yi; Xu, Jing; Zhang, Ruiping; Wang, Xiaohao; Abliz, Zeper (2011). "Air flow assisted ionization for remote sampling of ambient mass spectrometry and its application". Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry. 25 (7): 843–850. doi:10.1002/rcm.4920. ISSN 0951-4198.
4. Peterson, Lowell (1962). "Mass Spectrometer All-Glass Heated Inlet.". Analytical Chemistry. 34 (13): 1850–1851. doi:10.1021/ac60193a054. ISSN 0003-2700.
5. O’Brien, Jeremy T.; Williams, Evan R.; Holman, Hoi-Ying N. (2015). "Ambient Infrared Laser Ablation Mass Spectrometry (AIRLAB-MS) of Live Plant Tissue with Plume Capture by Continuous Flow Solvent Probe". Analytical Chemistry. 87 (5): 2631–2638. doi:10.1021/ac503383p. ISSN 0003-2700.
6. Dunbar, Robert C. (2004). "BIRD (blackbody infrared radiative dissociation): Evolution, principles, and applications". Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 23 (2): 127–58. doi:10.1002/mas.10074. PMID 14732935.
7. Abramson, Fred P. (1994). "CRIMS: Chemical reaction interface mass spectrometry". Mass Spectrometry Reviews. 13 (4): 341. doi:10.1002/mas.1280130403.
8. Buriak, Jillian M.; Wei, Jing; Siuzdak, Gary (1999). "Desorption–ionization mass spectrometry on porous silicon". Nature. 399 (6733): 243–6. doi:10.1038/20400. PMID 10353246.

External links

• Mass Spectroscopy Acronym Page at MIT