GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS Whenever suitable elements may be referred to by their chemical symbols and compounds by their formulae. The following abbreviations may be used without definition. ac AA AAS AE AES AF AFS AOAC APDC ASV BCR CCP CMP CRM cv cw dc DCP DDC DMF DNA ECD EDL EDTA EDXRF EIE EPMA ETA ETAAS ETV EXAFS FAAS FAB FAES FAFS FANES FAPES FI FPD FT FTMS GC GD GDL GDMS Ge ( Li ) HCL hf HG HPGe HPLC IAEA IBMK ICP ICP-MS ID IR IUPAC LA LC alternating current atomic absorption atomic absorption spectrometry atomic emission atomic emission spectrometry atomic fluorescence atomic fluorescence spectrometry Association of Official Analytical Chemists ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate anodic-s tripping volt amme try Community Bureau of Reference capacitively coupled plasma capacitively coupled microwave plasma certified reference material cold vapour continuous wave direct current dc plasma diethyldithiocarbamate N N-dimeth ylformamide deoxyribonucleic acid electron capture detection electrodeless discharge lamp ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence easily ionizable element electron probe microanalysis electrothermal atomization electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry electrothermal vaporization extended X-ray absorption fine structure flame AAS fast atom bombardment flame AES flame AFS furnace atomic non-thermal excitation spectrometry furnace atomization plasma excitation spectrometry flow injection flame photometric detector Fourier transform Fourier transform mass spectrometry gas chromatography glow discharge glow discharge lamp glow discharge mass spectrometry lithium-drifted germanium hollow cathode lamp high frequency hydride generation high-purity germanium high-performance liquid chromatography International Atomic Energy Agency isobutyl methyl ketone (4-methylpentan-2-one) inductively coupled plasma inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry isotope dilution infrared International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry laser ablation liquid chromatography (ammonium pyrrolidin-1-yl dithioformate) spectroscopy LEAFS LEI LMMS LOD LTE MECA MIP MS NAA NaDDC NIES NIST NTA OES PIGE PIXE PMT PPm PTFE PVC rf REE(s) RIMS RM RSD SEC SEM SFC Si( Li) SIMAAC SIMS SR SRM SSMS STPF TCA TIMS TLC TMAH TOP0 TRIS TXRF uhf uv VDU vuv WDXRF XRF LOQ PPb QC S/B SIN UV/VIS laser-excited atomic fluorescence spectrometry laser-enhanced ionization laser-microprobe mass spectrometry limit of detection limit of quantification local thermal equilibrium molecular emission cavity analysis microwave-induced plasma mass spectrometry neutron activation analysis sodium diethyldithiocarbamate National Institute for Environmental Studies National Institute of Standards and Technology nitrilotriacetic acid optical emission spectrometry particle-induced gamma-ray emission particle-induced X-ray emission photomultiplier tube parts per billion parts per million poly (tetrafluoroe thylene) poly(viny1 chloride) quality control radiofrequency rare earth element(s) resonance ionization mass spectrometry reference material relative standard deviation signal-to-background ratio size-exclusion chromatography scanning electron microscopy supercritical fluid chromatography lithium-drifted silicon simultaneous multi-element analysis with a continuum source secondary ion mass spectrometry signal-to-noise ratio synchrotron radiation Standard Reference Material spark source mass spectrometry stabilized temperature platform furnace trichloroacetic acid thermal ionization mass spectrometry thin-layer chromatography tetramethylammonium hydroxide trioctylphosphine oxide 2-amino-2-( hydroxymethy1)propane- 1,3-diol total reflection X-ray fluorescence ultra-high frequency ultraviolet ul traviole t-visible visual display unit vacuum ultraviolet wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence X-ray fluorescence Commonly Used Symbols 4 relative atomic mass Mr relative molecular mass r correlation coefficient S standard deviation sr relative standard deviation Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry September 1996 Vol.11