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. 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 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-stripping voltammetry Community Bureau of Reference capacitively coupled plasma capacitively coupled microwave plasma certified reference material cold vapour continuous wave direct current d.c.plasma dieth yldithiocarbamate N N-dimethylformamide 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 (ammonium pyrrolidin-1-yl dithioformate) spectroscopy ID IR IUPAC LA LC LEAFS LEI LMMS LOD LTE MECA MIP MS NAA NaDDC NIES NIST NTA OES PIGE PIXE PMT PPm PTFE rf REE(s) RIMS RM RSD SEC SEM SFC Si ( Li ) SIMAAC SIMS SR SRM SSMS STPF TCA TIMS TLC TMAH TOP0 TXRF uhf uv VDU vuv WDXRF XRF PPb QC S/B S/N isotope dilution infrared International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry laser ablation liquid chromatography laser-excited atomic fluorescence spectrometry laser-enhanced ionization laser-microprobe mass spectrometry limit of detection 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 polytetrafluoroethylene 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 total reflection X-ray fluorescence ultra-high frequency ultraviolet visual display unit vacuum ultraviolet wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence X-ray fluorescence 18R Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry January 1996 Vol.1 1