IUPAC Task Group MS Terms Second Draft
From Mass Spec Terms
General Terms
Terms
- Accurate Mass
- Average Mass
- Appearance Energy
- Base Peak
- Dalton
- Electron Affinity
- Electron Energy
- Electron Volt
- Exact Mass
- Ionization Cross Section
- Ionization Efficiency
- Ionization Energy
- Magnetic Deflection
- Magnetic Field
- Magnetic Sector
- Mass Defect
- Mass Number (m)
- Molecular Mass
- Monoisotopic Mass
- m/z
- Multi-Photon Ionization
- Nitrogen Rule
- Nominal Mass
- Odd-Electron Rule
- Peak
- Peak Intensity
- Peptide Mass Mapping
- Post-Source Decay
- Proton Affinity
- Radical Ion
- Resolution (Mass)
- Resolving Power (Mass)
- Sequence Tag
- Transmission
- Unified Atomic Mass Unit
Acronyms
- AC
- ADC
- AE
- AED
- AGHIS
- AMS
- amu
- AP
- AP MALDI
- APCI
- API
- APPI
- ARMS
- BIRD
- BP
- CA
- CAD
- CAR
- CDEM
- CE
- CEM
- CEMA
- CE-MS
- CF-FAB
- CI
- CID
- CIT
- CRF
- CRM
- CS
- CX
- CZE
- Da
- DAC
- DADI
- DBE
- DC
- DCI
- DCT
- DE
- DEI
- DI
- DIP
- DLI
- DMS
- DTMS
- E
- EA
- ECCI
- ECD
- EE
- EED
- EHD
- EI
- EIEIO
- EM
- EOID
- ES
- ESA
- ESI
- ESP
- eV
- FA
- FAB
- FAC
- FAIMS
- FD
- FFR
- FFT
- FI
- FIB
- FIA
- FPD
- FT-ICR
- FT-MS
- FWHM
- GC
- GC-MS
- GD-MS
- HPLC
- HR
- HRMS
- HT
- HTA
- HTS
- HV
- IC
- ICP-MS
- ICR
- IDMS
- IE
- IKES
- IMS
- IPD
- IR
- IRMPD
- IRMS
- IT
- ITD
- ITMS
- ITR
- kDa
- KER
- KERD
- LAMMA
- LC
- LCMS
- LD
- LDLPMS
- LI
- LIMA
- LIMS
- LMMS
- LOD
- LOQ
- LSIMS
- m
- m*
- m/z
- MAGIC
- MALDI
- MB
- MBMS
- MCA
- MCP
- MI
- MID
- MIKES
- MIMS
- MPD
- MPI
- MRM
- MS
- MS/MS
- MSn
- MW
- [[]]
- NBS
- NICI
- NIST
- NRMS
- NS
- OE
- PA
- PAD
- PB
- PCI
- PD
- PDMS
- PEG
- PEPICO
- PES
- PFK
- PFTBA
- PI
- PI
- PID
- PIE
- PSD
- PyMS
- Q
- QET
- QIT
- QUISTOR
- RA
- RDA
- REMPI
- RF
- RGA
- RIC
- RIMS
- RMM
- RP
- RRKM
- RSD
- RT
- SELDI
- SEND
- SFC
- SFC??????????????????????????MS
- SI
- SID
- SIFDT
- SIFT
- SIM
- SIMS
- S/N
- SIR
- SORI
- SRM
- SSMS
- SWIFT
- TAC
- TAD
- TDC
- TEL
- TES
- TIC
- TIC
- TIMS
- TLF
- TLC
- TOF
- TOF-MS
- TSP
- u
- UV
- V
- XIC
Ion Formation and Reactions
Types of Ions
- Adduct Ion
- Aromatic Ion
- Anion
- Analog Ion
- Anti-Aromatic Ion
- Cation
- Cationized Molecule
- Classical Ion
- Cluster Ion
- Conventional Ion
- Diagnostic Ion
- Dimeric Ion
- Distonic Ion
- Enium Ion
- Even-Electron Ion
- Fragment Ion
- Ion
- Isotopologue Ion
- Isotopomeric Ion
- Metastable Ion
- Molecular Ion
- Negative Ion
- Non-Classical Ion
- Onium Ion
- Odd-Electron Ion
- Parent Ion
- Positive Ion
- Precursor Ion
- Principal Ion
- Product Ion
- Protonated Molecule
- Radical Ion
- Reference Ion
- Unstable Ion
Ion Formation
- Adiabatic Ionization
- Appearance Energy
- Associative Ionization
- Atmospheric Pressure Ionization
- Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization
- Atmospheric Pressure Photo-ionization
- Auto-Ionization
- Charge Exchange (Charge Transfer) Ionization
- Charge Transfer Reaction
- Chemi-Ionization
- Chemical Ionization
- Delayed Extraction
- Desolvation
- Desorption/Ionization On Silicon
- Dissociative Ionization
- Electron Affinity
- Electron Energy
- Electron Ionization
- Electrospray Ionization
- Fast Atom Bombardment
- Field Desorption
- Field Ionization
- Ion-Pair Formation
- Ion Spray
- Ionic Dissociation
- Ionization Cross Section
- Ionization Efficiency
- Ionization Energy
- Laser Desorption/Ionization
- Laser Ionization
- Liquid Secondary Ionization
- Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization
- Microelectrospray
- Multi-Photon Ionization
- Nanoelectrospray
- Negative Ion Chemical Ionization
- Penning Ionization
- Photo-Ionization
- Plasma Desorption (Fission Fragment) Ionization
- Pre-Ionization State
- Proton Affinity
- Resonance-Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization
- Secondary Ionization
- Soft Ionization
- Spark Ionization
- Surface-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionization
- Surface Ionization
- Thermal Ionization
- Vertical Ionization
Ion Reactions
- Association Reaction
- ????????????-Cleavage
- ?????????????-Cleavage
- Blackbody Infrared Radiative Dissociation
- Charge Exchange Reaction
- Charge-Induced Fragmentation
- Charge Inversion Reaction
- Charge Permutation Reaction
- Charge-Remote Fragmentation
- Charge Stripping Reaction
- Charge Transfer Reaction
- Collisional Activation, Collisionally Activated Dissociation
- Collisional Excitation
- Collision-Induced Dissociation
- Collision Gas
- Elastic Collision
- Elastic Scattering
- Electron Capture Dissociation
- Heterolysis (Heterolytic Cleavage)
- High Energy Collision
- High-Energy Collision-Induced Dissociation
- Homolysis (Homolytic Cleavage)
- Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange
- Impact Parameter
- i-Cleavage (Inductive Cleavage)
- Inelastic Collision
- Inelastic Scattering
- Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation
- Interaction Distance
- Ion Kinetic Energy Spectrometry (IKES)
- Ion Energy Loss Spectra
- Ion/Molecule Reaction
- Ion/Neutral Complex
- Ion/Neutral Species Reaction
- Ion/Neutral Species Exchange Reaction
- Ionizing Collision
- Kinetic Method
- Low Energy Collisions
- Low-Energy Collision-Induced Dissociation
- McLafferty Rearrangement
- Momentum Transfer Collision
- Multiple Collision
- Partial Charge Exchange Reaction
- Partial Charge Transfer Reaction
- Photodissociation
- Post-Source Decay
- Sustained Off-Resonance Irradiation (SORI)*Superelastic Collision
- Surface-Induced Dissociation
- Surface-Induced Reaction
- Sustained Off-Resonance Irradiation
- Unimolecular Dissociation
Ion Separation
Mass Analyzers
- Accelerator Mass Spectrometry
- Cyclotron
- Dalton
- Double-focusing Mass Spectrometer
- Fourier Transform Ion Cyclotron (FT-ICR) Mass Spectrometer
- Hybrid Mass Spectrometer
- Linear Ion Trap
- Mass Spectrograph
- Mass Spectrometer
- Mass Spectrometry
- Mass Spectrometry/mass Spectrometry MS/MS
- Mass Spectrum
- Mass Spectroscopy
- Mattauch-Herzog Geometry
- Nier-Johnson Geometry
- Paul Ion Trap
- Prolate Trochoidal Mass Spectrometer
- Quistor
- Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
- Reflectron
- Sector Mass Spectrometer
- Tandem Mass Spectrometer
- Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer
- Transmission Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
m/z Separation Methods
- Accelerating Voltage
- Cyclotron Motion
- Delayed Extraction
- Einzel Lens
- Electric Field Strength
- Field Free Region
- First Stability Region
- Fringing Field
- Ion Gate
- Kinetic Energy Analyzer
- Kinetic Energy Release
- Magnetic Deflection
- Magnetic Flux Density
- Mass Analyzed Ion Kinetic Energy Spectrometry, MIKES
- Mass Limit
- Mass Range
- Mass Resolution
- Resolving Power (Mass)
- Mass Limit
- Mass Selective Axial Ejection
- Mass Selective Instability
- Mathieu Stability Diagram
- Orthogonal Extraction
- Reflectron
- Reflectron, Curved Field
- Reflectron, Gridless
- Reflectron, Quadratic Field
- Resonance Ion Ejection
- Space Charge Effect
- Stability Diagram
- Static Field
- Time Lag Focusing
- Transmission
Sequential m/z Separation Methods
- 2E Mass Spectrum
- Charge Inversion Mass Spectrum
- Constant Neutral Loss (or Fixed Neutral Fragment) Scans
- Collisional Activation (CA)
- Collisionally Activated Dissociation (CAD)
- Collision-Induced Dissociation (CID)
- Collisional Excitation
- Constant Neutral Mass Gain Scan
- Constant Neutral Mass Gain Spectrum (CNMG)
- Constant Neutral Mass Loss (or Fixed Neutral Fragment) Scans
- Constant Neutral Mass Loss Spectrum (CNML)
- Consecutive Reaction Monitoring (CRM)
- Daughter Ion
- Daughter Ion Scan
- Daughter Ion Spectrum
- Direct Analysis of Daughter Ions (DADI)
- E/2 Mass Spectrum
- Fixed Precursor Ion Scans (Sector Instruments)
- Fixed Product Ion Scans (Sector Instruments)
- Granddaughter Ion
- Grandparent Ion
- Ion Energy Loss Spectrum
- Laser Induced Dissociation
- Linked Scan
- Linked Scan at Constant B/E
- Linked Scan at Constant E2/V
- Linked Scan at Constant B2/E
- Linked scan At Constant B(1-(E/E0))1/2/E
- Mass Spectrometry/mass Spectrometry MS/MS
- Mass-Analysed Ion Kinetic Energy Spectrometry (MIKES)
- MS/MS Spectrum
- MS/MS in Time
- MS/MS in Space
- Multiple Reaction Monitoring (MRM)
- Neutral Loss
- Neutralization Reionization Mass Spectrometry (NRMS)
- Nth Generation Product Ion
- Nth Generation Product Ion Scan
- Nth Generation Product Ion Spectrum
- Parent Ion
- Parent Ion Scan (PI)
- Parent Ion Spectrum
- Precursor Ion
- Precursor Ion Scan
- Precursor Ion Spectrum
- Product Ion
- Product Ion Scan
- Product Ion Spectrum
- Progeny Fragment Ions
- Selected Reaction Monitoring (SRM)
- Stable Ion
- Tandem Mass Spectrometry
- Tandem MS In Time
- Tandem MS In Space
Detection and Data Processing
Detectors
- Array Collector
- Channeltron
- Conversion Dynode
- Daly Detector
- Detection of Ions
- Detection Limit
- Detector Gain
- Dynamic Range
- Dynode
- Electron Multiplier
- Faraday Cup
- Focal Plane Collector
- Ion-To-Photon Detector
- Micro-Channel Plate
- Photographic Plate
- Photomultiplier
- Point Collector
- Postacceleration Detector
- Sensitivity
- Total Ion Current
Data Processing
- Amplifier Bandwidth
- Amplifier Noise
- Analog Signal
- Data Acquisition
- Data Logging
- Data Processing
- Data Transfer
- Digital Signal
- Frequency Domain
- Firmware
- Hardware
- Hard Wired
- Integration
- Off-Line
- On-Line
- Pink Noise
- Pre-Processor
- Pre-Programmed
- Quantization Error
- Real Time
- Sampling Frequency
- Sampling Rate
- Signal Attenuation
- Signal Conditioning
- Signal Gain
- Signal Processing
- Signal Sampling
- Software
- Time Domain
- White Noise
