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Glossary of Abbreviations

Acronyms and abbreviations are commonly used to name the instrumentation used in our analytical lab. This glossary is provided to help explain the various definitions.

GC

Gas Chromatograph, hyphenated techniques;
e.g. GC-FID

FID

Flame Ionization Detector

MS

Mass Spectrometer
(aka. Mass Selective Detector, MSD)

TCD

Thermal Conductivity Detector

GFAA

Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption

HPLC

High Pressure* Liquid Chromatograph,
hyphenated techniques, e.g. HPLC-DAD

DAD

Diode Array Detector
(a.k.a. Photodiode Array Detector, PAD)

DRI

Differential Refractive Index

ECD

ElectroChemical Detector

ELSD

Evaporative Light Scattering Detector

GPC

Gel Permeation Chromatograph
(aka. Size-Exclusion Chromatograph, SEC)

HPAEC

High Pressure* Anion Exclusion Chromatograph

HPIC

High Pressure* Ion Chromatograph

PAD

Pulsed Amperometric Detection
(not to be confused with PAD, see DAD)

*HPLC

*This is frequently, depending upon with whom you are speaking, called High Performance Liquid Chromatography.

NIR

Light, Near InfraRed
(unseen to the eye, 800-2200nm)

NMR

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

RI

Refractive Index

TGA

Thermogravimetric Analysis

UV Light

UltraViolet
(unseen to the eye, 100-400nm)

VIS Light

VISible
(visible to the human eye, 400-700nm)

Posted on: 9/29/2006 12:08:51 PM


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