Controversial terms

Collision Induced Dissociation vs. Collisionally Activated Dissociation

Should CAD be replaced in all cases by CID?

Collision-Induced Dissociation

Collisionally Activated Dissociation

Google fight

Which is the more widely used term per Google: collision induced dissociation vs collisionally activated dissociation (CID usually wins).

Mass Resolution vs. Mass Resolving Power

How should Resolution and Resolving Power be defined?

Mass Resolution

Resolving Power (Mass)

Mass-to-Charge Ratio

Should the Thomson be used instead of m/z?

Should be m/z be replaced by m/q?

Atomic Mass Unit

Mass/charge Ratio

dalton

thomson

Parent/Daughter vs. Precursor/Product

Should Parent Ion/Daughter Ion be replaced with Precursor Ion/Product Ion? How about n^th generation products?

Parent Ion

Daughter Ion

Precursor Ion

Product Ion

Statistics on Parent-Daughter vs. Precursor-Product

Slashes and Hyphens

How should Slashes and Hyphens be used in combined techniques?