18R JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY, FEBRUARY 1986, VOL. 1 Glossary of Abbreviations Whenever suitable, elements may be referred to by their chemical symbols and compounds by their formulae. The following abbreviations are used extensively in the Atomic Spectrometry Updates. a.c. AA AAS AE AES AF AFS APDC ASV CMP CRM cw d.c. DCP DMF DNA EDL EDTA ETA FAAS FAES FAFS FI GC GDL HCL h.f. HPLC IBMK alternating current atomic absorption atomic absorption spectrometry atomic emission atomic emission spectrometry atomic fluorescence atomic fluorescence spectrometry ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (ammonium tetramethylenedithio- carbamate) anodic-stripping voltammetry capacitively coupled microwave plasma certified reference material continuous wave direct current d.c.plasma N, N-dimethylformamide deoxyribonucleic acid electrodeless discharge lamp et hylenediaminetetraacetic acid electrothermal atomisation flame AAS flame AES flame AFS flow injection gas chromatography glow discharge lamp hollow-cathode lamp high-frequency high-performance liquid chromatography isobutyl methyl ketone (4-methylpentan- 2-one) ICP IR LC LTE MECA MIP MS NAA NaDDC NTA OES PMT p.p. b. p.p.m. PTFE r.f. REE RM RSD SBR SEM SNR SSMS TCA TLC TOP0 u.h.f. uv VDU vuv XRF inductively coupled plasma infrared liquid chromatography local thermal equilibrium molecular emission cavity analysis microwave-induced plasma mass spectrometry neutron-activation analysis sodium diethyldithiocarbamate nitrilotriacetic acid optical emission spectrometry photomultiplier tube parts per billion parts per million polytetrafluoroethylene radiofrequency rare earth element reference material relative standard deviation signal to background ratio scanning electron microscopy signal to noise ratio spark-source mass spectrometry trichloroacetic acid thin-layer chromatography trioctylphosphine oxide ultra-high-frequency ultraviolet visual display unit vacuum ultraviolet X-ray fluorescence