228R JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY AUGUST 1991. VOL. 6 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 AOAC APDC ASV CCP CMP CRM cw d.c. DCP DMF DNA EDL EDTA EDXRF EIE EPMA ETA ETAAS ETV EXAFS FAAS FAB FAES FAFS FI Fr FTMS GC GD GDL GDMS Ge(Li) HCL h.f. HG HPGe HPLC IAEA IBMK ICP ICP-MS IR alternating current atomic absorption atomic absorption spectrometry atomic emission atomic emission spectrometry atomic fluorescence atomic fluorescence spectrometry Association of Official Analytical Chemists ammonium pyrrolidinedithiocarbamate (ammonium pyrrolidin-1-yldithioformate) anodic stripping voltammetry capacitively coupled plasma capacitively coupled microwave plasma certified reference material continuous wave direct current d.c.plasma N N-dimethy Iformamide deoxyribonucleic acid electrodeless discharge lamp ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence easily ionizable element electron probe microanalysis electrothermal atomization electrothermal atomic absorption electrothermal vaporization extended X-ray absorption fine structure flame AAS fast atom bombardment flame AES flame AFS flow injection Fourier transform Fourier transform mass spectrometry gas chromatography glow discharge glow discharge lamp glow discharge mass spectrometry lithium-drifted germanium hoilow cathode lamp high frequency hydride generation high-purity germanium high-performance liquid chromatography International Atomic Energy Agency isobutyl methyl ketone (4-methylpentan-2- inductively coupled plasma inductively coupled plasma mass spectrome- try infrared spectrometry spectroscopy one) IUPAC LC LEI LMMS LTE MECA MIP MS NAA NaDDC NIES NIST NTA OES PIGE PIXE PMT PPm FYTFE r.f.REE(s) RIMS RM RSD S/B SEC SEM SFC Si(Li) SIMAAC SIMS SFr SR SRM SSMS STPF TCA TIMS TLC TOP0 TXRF u.h.f. uv VDU vuv WDXRF XRF PFb QC International Union of Pure and Applied liquid chromatography laser-enhanced ionization laser microprobe mass spectrometry local thermal equilibrium molecular emission cavity analysis microwave-induced plasma mass spectrometry neutron activation analysis sodi um die thy Idi thiocarbamate National Institute for Environmental National Institute of Standards and nitrilotriacetic acid optical emission spectrometry particle-induced gamma-ray emission particle-induced X-ray emission photomultiplier tube parts per billion parts per million pol ytetrafluoroethylene quality control radio frequency rare earth element(s) resonance ionization mass spectrometry reference material relative standard deviation signal to background ratio s ize-exc lusion 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 trioctylphosphine oxide total reflection X-ray fluorescence ultra-high-frequency ultraviolet visual display unit vacuum ultraviolet wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence X-ray fluorescence Chemistry Studies Technology