AA

Atomic absorption

AAS

Atomic absorption spectrometry/spectrometers

ABS

Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene terpolymers

ADC

Analogue-to-digital converter

AES

Auger electron spectroscopy

AFM

Atomic force microscopy

AMMS

Anionic micromembrane suppressor

amu

Atomic mass unit

aPP

Atactic polypropylene

ASTM

American Society for Testing and Materials

ATR

Attenuated total infra-red internal reflectance

BDEK

Benzyldiethylketal

BMDK

Benzyldimethylketal

BS

British Standards

CI

Chemical ionisation

CID

Collision induced dissociation

CIMS

Chemical ionisation mass spectrometry

CMMS

Cationic micromembrane suppressor

CP

Constant potential

CVAAS

Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry

DC

Direct current

DETA

Dielectric thermal analysis

DIN

Deutsches Instit t f r Normung

DLS

Dynamic light scattering

DMA

Dynamic mechanical analysis/analyser(s)

DMTA

Dynamic mechanical thermal analysis

DPC

Differential photocalorimetry

DR

Dichroic ratio(s)

DRS

Diffuse reflectance spectroscopy

DSC

Differential scanning calorimetry/calorimeter(s) calorimetric

DSIMS

Dynamic SIMS

DTA

Differential thermal analysis

DTGS

Deuterated triglycine sulfate

DTUL

Deflection temperature under load(s)

DWI

Falling dart impact method

ECD

Electron capture detector

EDAX

Energy dispersive analysis using X-rays

EDXRF

Energy dispersive X-ray fluorescence

EGA

Evolved gas analysis

EI

Electron impact

EPDM

Ethylene propylene diene

ESCA

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

ESI

Electrospray ionisation

ESR

Electron spin resonance spectroscopy

FAA

Federal Aviation Authority

FAB-MS

Fast atom bombardment-mass spectrometry

FAR

Federal Air Regulations

FHA

Federal Highway Administration

FI

Field ionisation

FID

Flame ionisation detector/detection

FIT

Flash ignition temperatures

FLS

Digital filtering and least squares

FMVSS

Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard

FPD

Flame photometric detection

FT

Fourier transform

FTC

Federal Trade Commission

FT-ICR-MS

Fourier transform ion cyclotron mass spectrometry

FT-IR

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

FT-MS

Fourier transform - mass spectrometry

GC

Gas chromatography/chromatographic/chromatograph

GFAAS

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