List of mass spectrometry acronyms

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 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)

External links

• Mass Spectroscopy Acronym Page at MIT