List of Mass Spectrometry Acronyms - A

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• AE – Appearance energy
• AMS – Accelerator mass spectrometry
• AMU – Atomic mass unit
• AP – Appearance potential
• AP MALDI – Atmospheric pressure matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization
• APCI – Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization
• API – Atmospheric pressure ionization
• APPI – Atmospheric pressure photoionization
• ASAP - Atmospheric Sample Analysis Probe
• ASMS – American Society for Mass Spectrometry