AAS

atomic absorption spectrometry

ABE

allyl butyl ether

ABS

acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene terpolymer

AFS

atomic force microscopy

AIBN

azobisisobutyronitrile

AES

auger electron spectroscopy

AFM

atomic force microscopy

AFS

atomic fluorescence spectrometry

AR

analar reagent

ATR

attenuated total reflection

ATRP

atom-transfer radical polymerisation

CI

chemical ionisation

COSY

correlation spectroscopy

DC

direct current

DEPT

distortionless enhancement by polarisation transfer

DGEBA

diglycidyl ethers of bisphenol A-based resin

DIRLD

dynamic infrared linear dichroism

DMTA

dynamic mechanical thermal analysis

DSIMS

dynamic secondary ion mass spectroscopy

DSC

differential scanning calorimetry

EDAX

energy dispersive analysis using X-rays

EDXRF

energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence

EI

electron impact

EPDM

ethylene-propylene-diene morphology

ESCA

electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis (see also XPS)

ESI

electrospray ionisation

FAB

fast atom bombardment

FD

field desorption

FI

field ionisation

FID

free induction decays

FTIR

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

GC

gas chromatography

GFAAS

graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

GMA

glycidyl methacrylate

GPC

gel permeation chromatography

HDPE

high-density polyethylene

HPLC

high-performance liquid chromatography

ICP

inductively coupled plasma

ICP-AES

inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry

ICP-OES

inductively coupled plasma optical emission...