JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY APRIL 1991 VOL. 6 108R 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 FT 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 anodic-stripping voltammetry capacitively coupled plasma capacitively coupled microwave plasma certified reference material continuous wave direct current d.c.plasma N,N-dimethy lformamide 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 hollow cathode lamp high frequency hydirde 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 (ammonium pyrrolidin-1-yl dithioformate) spectrometry spectroscopy one) IUPAC LC LEI LMMS LTE MECA MIP MS NAA NaDDC NIES NIST NTA OES PIGE PIXE PMT PPb PPm PTFE QC r.f.REE( s) RIMS RM RSD S/B SEC SEM SFC Si(Li) SIMAAC SIMS S/N SR SRM SSMS STPF TCA TIMS TLC TOP0 TXRF u.h.f. uv VDU vuv WDXRF XRF International Union of Pure and Applied 1 iquid chromatography laser-enhanced ionization laser microprobe mass spectrometry local thermal equilibrium molecular emission cavity analysis microwave-induced plasma mass spectrometry neutron activation analysis sodium diethyldithiocarbamate 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 ytetrafluoroeth ylene 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 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