IUPAC Task Group MS Terms Second Draft
From Mass Spec Terms
General Terms
Terms
- Accurate Mass
- Average Mass
- Appearance Energy
- Base Peak
- Charge Number
- Dalton
- Electron Affinity
- Electron Energy
- Electron Volt
- Exact Mass
- Field-Free Region
- Ionization Cross Section
- Ionization Efficiency
- Ionization Energy
- Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry
- Magnetic Deflection
- Magnetic Field
- Magnetic Sector
- Mass Defect
- Mass Number
- Molecular Mass
- Monoisotopic Mass
- m/z
- Multiphoton Ionization
- Nitrogen Rule
- Nominal Mass
- Odd-Electron Rule
- Peak
- Peak Intensity
- Post-Source Decay
- Proton Affinity
- Radical Ion
- Resolution (Mass)
- Resolving Power (Mass)
- Total Ion Chromatogram
- Transmission
- Unified Atomic Mass Unit
Acronyms
- Appearance Potential
- Atmospheric Pressure
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 Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
- Atmospheric Pressure Photoionization
- Autodetachment
- Autoionization
- Charge Exchange Ionization
- Chemi-Ionization
- Chemical Ionization
- Continuous Flow Fast Atom Bombardment
- Delayed Extraction
- Desorption/Ionization
- Desorption/Ionization On Silicon
- Direct Insertion Probe
- Direct Liquid Introduction
- Dissociative Ionization
- Electron Affinity
- Electron Capture Chemical Ionization
- Electron Energy
- Electron Ionization
- Electrospray Ionization
- Fast Atom Bombardment
- Fast Ion Bombardment
- Field Desorption
- Field Ionization
- Flowing Afterglow
- Glow Discharge Ionization
- Inductively Coupled Plasma
- Ion Desolvation
- Ion-Pair Formation
- Ion Spray
- Ionization Cross Section
- Ionization Efficiency
- Ionization Energy
- Laser Desorption
- Laser Desorption Ionization
- Laser Ionization
- Liquid Secondary Ionization
- Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
- Membrane Inlet
- Microelectrospray
- Multiphoton Ionization
- Nanoelectrospray
- Negative Ion Chemical Ionization
- Partial Charge Transfer Reaction
- Penning Ionization
- Photoionization
- Plasma Desorption Ionization
- Post-Ionization
- Pre-Ionization State
- Proton Affinity
- Pyrolysis Mass Spectrometry
- Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization
- Resonance Ionization
- Secondary Ionization
- Soft Ionization
- Spark Ionization
- Surface-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization
- Surface Enhanced Laser Desorption Ionization
- Surface Enhanced Neat Desorption
- Surface Ionization
- Thermal Ionization
- Vertical Ionization
Ion Reactions
- Association Reaction
- ????????????-Cleavage
- ?????????????-Cleavage
- Blackbody Infrared Radiative Dissociation
- Buffer Gas
- Charge Exchange Reaction
- Charge-Induced Fragmentation
- Charge Inversion Reaction
- Charge Permutation Reaction
- Charge-Remote Fragmentation
- Charge Stripping Reaction
- Charge Transfer Reaction
- Collisional Activation
- Collisional Excitation
- Collisionally Activated Dissociation
- Collision Gas
- Collision-Induced Dissociation
- Collision Quadrupole
- Electron Capture Dissociation
- Electron-Induced Excitation in Organics
- Heterolytic Cleavage
- High Energy Collision
- High-Energy Collision-Induced Dissociation
- Homolytic Cleavage
- Hydrogen/Deuterium Exchange
- Inductive Cleavage
- Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation
- Ion Kinetic Energy Spectrometry
- 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
- Multiphoton Dissociation
- Partial Charge Exchange Reaction
- Partial Charge Transfer Reaction
- Photodissociation
- Post-Source Decay
- Selected Ion Flow Tube
- 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 Resonance Mass Spectrometer
- High-field Asymmetric Waveform Ion Mobility Spectrometry
- 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
- Residual Gas Analyzer
- Sector Mass Spectrometer
- Tandem Mass Spectrometer
- Time-of-flight Mass Spectrometer
- Transmission Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer
m/z Separation Methods
- Accelerating Voltage
- Cyclotron Motion
- Cylindrical Ion Trap
- Delayed Extraction
- Dynamic Mass Spectrometry
- Einzel Lens
- Electric Field Strength
- Field Free Region
- First Stability Region
- Fringing Field
- Ion Gate
- Ion Mobility Spectrometry
- Isotope Ratio Mass Spectrometry
- Kinetic Energy Analyzer
- Kinetic Energy Release
- Magnetic Deflection
- Magnetic Flux Density
- Mass Analyzed Ion Kinetic Energy Spectrometry, MIKES
- Mass Limit
- Mass Range
- Mass Resolution
- Multiple Ion Detection
- 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
- Selected Ion Monitoring
- Space Charge Effect
- Stability Diagram
- Static Field
- Time Lag Focusing
- Total Ion Chromatogram
- 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
- Dynode
- Electron Multiplier
- Faraday Cup
- Focal Plane Collector
- Ion-To-Photon Detector
- Micro-Channel Plate
- Photographic Plate
- Photomultiplier
- Point Collector
- Postacceleration Detector
- Total Ion Current
Data Processing
Are any of these terms specific to mass spectrometry? Should any of them be included?
- 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
