ASMS: American Society for Mass Spectrometry
MCP: microchannel plate
AE: appearance energy
AES: Auger Electron Spectroscopy
AIS: Airborne Imaging Spectrometer
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
ApSpe: Applied Spectroscopy
ApSRv: Applied Spectroscopy Reviews
BIRD: Blackbody infrared radiative dissociation
BP: Base Peak
CA: collisional activation
CAD: collisionally activated dissociation
CF-FAB: Continuous Flow Fast Atom Bombardment
CI: Chemical Ionization
CID: collision-induced dissociation
CLAES: Cryogenic Limb Array Etalon Spectrometer
CRF: Charge Remote Fragmentation
CRM: Consecutive Reaction Monitoring
CSR: Charge Stripping Reaction
DADI: direct analysis of daughter ions
DAPPI: Desorption Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization
DART: Direct Analysis In Real Time
DE: delayed extraction
DEP: direct exposure probe
DESI: Desorption electrospray ionization
DIP: Direct Insertion Probe
DLI: Direct Liquid Introduction
DOPS: Dual Optics Particle Spectrometer
EA: electron affinity
ECD: electron capture dissociation
ECI: Electron Capture Ionization
EI: electron impact
EI: electron ionization
EIS: Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy