154N h u l y s t , Oc*toher. 1996, Vol. 121 Technical Abbreviations and Acronyms The presence of an abbreviation or acronym in this list should NOT be read as a recommendation for its use. However, those defined here need not be defined in the text of your manuscript. AAS ac A D ADC ANOVA AOAC ASTM bP BSA BSI CEN CPrn CMOS c.m.c. CRM CVAAS cw CZE dc DRIFT DELFIA DNA EDTA ELISA emf ETAAS EXAFS EPA FAAS FAB FAO-WHO FIR FT FPLC FPD GC GLC HGAAS HPLC ICP id INAA IR ISFET iv im IGFET IS E LC LED LOD LOQ dpm atomic absorption spectrometry alternating current analogue- to-digital analogue-to-digital converter analysis of variance Awxiation of Official Analytical Chemists American Society for Testing and M ateri a1 s boiling point bovine serum albumin British Standards Institution European Committee for Standardimti on counts per minute complementary metal oxide silicon critical micellization concentration certified reference material cold vapour atomic absorption spec troinetry continuous wave capillary zone electrophoresis direct current disintegrations per minute diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy diwxiation enhanced lanthanide fluorescence immunoassay deoxyribonucleic acid ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid enzyme linked immunosorbent assay electromotive force electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry extended X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy Environmental Protection Agency flame atomic absorption spectrometry fast atom bombardment Food and Agriculture Organization, far- infrared Fourier transform fast protein liquid chromatography flame photometric detector gas chromatography gas-liquid chromatography hydride generation atomic abwrption high-performance liquid inductively coupled plasma internal diameter instrumental neutron activation infrared ion-selective effect transistor intravenous intramuscular insulated gate field effect transistor ion-selective electrode liquid chromatography light emitting diode limit determination limit of quantification World Health Organization spectroscopy chromatography analy\i c "P MRL mRNA M s NIK NMR N IST od OES PBS PCB PAH PGE PIXE PPt PPb PPm PTFE PVC PDVB QC QA REE rf RIMS rm s rpm RNA SCE SE SEM SIMS SIMCA S/N SRM STM STP TIMS TLC TOF TGA TMS tris TRIS uv uv/vrs VDU XRD XRF Y AC melting point maximum residue limit messenger ribonucleic acid mass spec trorne t ry near-infrared nuclear magnetic resonance National Institute of Standards and Technology outer diameter optical emission spectrorne t ry phosphate buffered saline polychlorinated biphenyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon platinum group element part i c le/p ro t on - i nd Liceif X-ray parts per trillion (10'2; pg g--i) parts per billion ( 1W; ng g 1 ) parts per million (loh; pg g-I) poly(tetrafluoroethy1ene) poly(viny1 chloride) poly(diviny1 benzene) quality control quality assurance rare earth element radiofrequency resonance ionization mass spectrometry root mean square revolutions per minute ribonucleic acid saturated calomel (reference) electrode standard error scanning/surface (reflection) electron microscopy secondary-ion mass spectrometry soft independent modelling of class signal-to-noise ratio Standard Reference Material scanning tunnelling (electron) standard temperature and pressure thermal ionization mass spectrometry thin-layer chromatography time-of-fl ight thermogravimetric analysis t r imeth y Is i 1 ane 2 -am in 0-2 -( 11 y dro x ym e t h y I ) - propane-l,3-diol (ligand) 2-amino-2-( hydroxymethy1)- propane-l,3-diol (reagent) ultraviolet ultraviolet-vi si ble visual display unit X-ray difirac tion X-ray fluorescence yttrium aluminium garnet emission analogy microscopy Commonly Used Symbols M molecular mass Mr relative molecular mass 1- correlation coefficient 7 standard deviation U atomic mass