Abbreviations

APCI - atmospheric pressure chemical ionization LC/MS

B - magnetic sector mass analyzers, includes all configurations: BE, BEBE, etc.

CE/MS - capillary electrophoresis (electrospray)/mass spectrometry

CFF - continuous flow FAB

CI - chemical ionization

CTS - corona discharge thermospray LC/MS

D - discharge thermospray

DP - desorption probe

EI - electron ionization

ES - electrospray LC/MS

F - filament thermospray

FAB - fast atom bombardment

FT - fourier transform mass analyzers

GC - gas chromatography

GC/MS - gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

ICP - inductively coupled plasma LC/MS

IS - IonSpray™, TurboIonSpray™ or pneumatically assisted electrospray

IT - ion trap mass analyzers

LC - liquid chromatography

MALDI - matrix assisted laser desorption ionization

MS - mass spectrometry

MS/MS - tandem mass spectrometry; mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry

na - not available

NS - nanospray (electrospray) LC/MS

PB - particle beam LC/MS

PPB - pneumatic nebulization particle beam LC/MS

Q - quadrupole mass analyzers

QQQ - triple quadrupole mass analyzers

SP - solids probe

TES - thermally assisted electrospray

TOF - time-of-flight mass analyzers

TPB - thermal nebulization particle beam

TS - thermospray LC/MS

UPB - ultrasonically nebulization particle beam LC/MS

US - Ultraspray, ultrasonically assisted electrospray LC/MS