Mass Spectroscopy related Acronyms (click the links for a more detailed description):

These acronyms and many other Mass Spectroscopic terms are defined in 'The Little Encyclopedia of Mass Spectrometry' at the University of Heidelberg. This is great!

• API  Atmospheric Pressure Ionization
• MS  Mass Spectrometry or Mass Spectrum
• CI  Chemical Ionization
• EI  Electron Ionization 
• ESI  ElectroSpray Ionization 
• FAB  Fast Atom Bombardment (occasionally refered to as SIMS or Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry)
• FD  Field Desorption
• FI  Field Ionization
• FT-MS  Fourier Transform Mass Spectrometry
• GC-MS  Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
• HR-MS  High Resolution Mass Spectrometry
• IRMPD  InfraRed Multi-Photon Dissociation
• LC-MS  Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
• LSIMS  Liquid Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (synonymous with FAB)
• MALDI  Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
• NRMS  Neutralization-Reionization Mass Spectrometry
• REMPI  Resonance Enhanced Multi-Photon Ionization
• SORI-CAD  Sustained Off-Resonance Irradiation-Collisionally Activated Dissociation
• TOF-MS Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometry