Analyst, January 1995, Vol. 120 15N 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. AA AAS ac AID ADC AES AFS ANOVA AOAC ASTM ASV BSA BSI CEN CCD CI CI-MS bP CMOS c.m.c. CME CRM csv CVAAS C.W. CZE dc DME DPP DPV DRIFT DELFIA DNA DMSO EC ECD EDXA EDXRF EDTA EI EIA EIAES dPm EI-MS EIS ELISA emf EPR ETAAS EXAFS EXAPS EPA atomic absorption atomic absorption spectrometry alternating current analogue-to-digital analogue-to-digital converter atomic emission spectrometry atomic fluorescence spectrometry analysis of variance Association of Official Analytical Chemists American Society for Testing and Materials anodic stripping voltammetry boiling point bovine serum albumin British Standards Institution European Committee for Standardization charge coupled device chemical ionization chemical ionization mass spectrometry complementary metal oxide silicon critical micellization concentration chemically modified electrode certified reference material cathodic stripping voltammetry cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry continuous wave capillary zone electrophoresis direct current dropping mercury electrode disintegrations per minute differential pulse polarography differential pulse voltammetry diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy dissociation enhanced fluorescence immunoassay deoxyribose nucleic acid dimethyl sulfoxide exclusion chromatography electron capture detector energy dispersive X-ray analysis energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid electron impact ionization enzyme immunoassay electron-induced Auger electron electron impacthonization mass electron impact spectroscopy enzyme linked immunosorbent electromotive force electron paramagnetic resonance electrothermal atomic absorption extended X-ray absorption fine electron-excited X-ray appearance Environmental Protection Agency spectroscopy spectroscopy assay spectrometry structure spectroscopy potential spectroscopy FAAS FAB FABMS FAO-WHO FI FIA FI-AAS FID FIR FT FTIR FTMS FPLC FPD GC GC-MIP GDL GDMS GLC GM HGAAS HMDE HPLC HRXPS IC ICP ICP-MS id IR ISFET iv im IGFET ISE LA-ICP-MS LC LIMS LM-ICP-AES LMMS LOD LOQ LSV M Mr MIP mP MRL mRNA MS MSD MSPD MIMS NIR MS-MS flame atomic absorption fast atom bombardment fast atom bombardment mass Food and Agriculture Organization, flow injection fluorescence immunoassay flow injection atomic absorption flame ionization detector (GLC) far-infrared (spectroscopy) Fourier transform Fourier transform infrared Fourier transform mass fast protein liquid chromatography flame photometric detector gas chromatography gas chromatography microwave- induced plasma glow discharge lamp glow discharge mass spectroscopy gas-liquid chromatography Geiger-Muller hydride generation atomic absorption spectroscopy hanging mercury drop electrode high-performance liquid high resolution X-ray photoelectron ion chromatography inductively coupled plasma inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry internal diameter infrared ion selective field effect transistor intravenous intramuscular insulated gate field effect transistor ion-selective electrode laser ablation ICP-MS liquid chromatography laboratory information management system laser microprobe ICP-AES laser microprobe mass spectrometry limit of determination limit of quantification linear sweep voltammetry molecular mass relative molecular mass microwave-induced plasma melting point maximum residue limits messenger ribonucleic acid mass spectrometry mass selective detector tandem mass spectrometry matrix solid phase dispersion membrane inlet mass spectrometry near-infrared (near-IR) spectroscopy spectrometry World Health Organization spectroscopy spectrometry chromatography spectroscopy16N Analyst, January 1995, Vol.120 NMR NIST OES PCB PAH PC PDA PIXE PPt PLS PPb PPm PTFE PVC PDVB QC r RBS REE rev min- rf RI RIA RIMS rms rPm RNA RHE RMSD S Sr SCE SE 1 nuclear magnetic resonance National Institute of Standards and optical emission spectrometry polychlorinated biphenyl polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons paper chromatography photodiode array particle/proton-induced X-ray parts per trillion (1012) partial least squares parts per billion (109) parts per million (106) poly( tetrafluoroethylene) poly(viny1 chloride) poly (divinyl benzene) quality control correlation coefficient Rutherford (ion) backscattering rare earth element(s) revolutions per minute radio frequency refractive index radioimmunoassa y resonance-ionization mass spectrometry root mean square revolutions per minute ribonucleic acid reversible hydrogen electrode root mean square difference standard deviation relative standard deviation saturated calomel (reference) electrode standard error Technology emission (spectroscopy) SEM SERS SFC SFE SIMS SIMCA SPE SRM STM STP TIMS TLC TOF TGA TCA TMS tris TRIS uv UV/VIS VDU WDXRF WHO XES XPS XRD XRF YAG U scanninghrface (reflection) electron microscopy surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy supercritical fluid chromatography supercritical fluid extraction secondary ion mass spectrometry soft independent modelling of class analogy, statistical isolinear multicategory analysis solid phase extraction Standard Reference Material scanning tunnelling (electron) standard temperature and pressure thermal ionization mass thin-layer chromatography time-of-flight thermogravimetric analysis trichloroacetic acid trimethylsilane 2-amino-2-(hydroxymethyl)- tris (h y drox y methyl) me thy lamine atomic mass unit ultraviolet ultraviolet-visible (spectroscopy) visual display unit wavelength dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy World Health Organization X-ray emission spectroscopy X-ray photon spectroscopy X-ray diffraction X-ray fluorescence (spectroscopy) yttrium aluminium garnet microscopy spectrometry propane-l,3-diol