Glossary

Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization

Attenuated Total Reflection

The amount of water in a volume unit of air

Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

ElectroSpray Ionization

Fourier Transform

Gas Chromatography

Inductively Coupled Plasma

Ion Cyclotron Resonance

Laser Ablation

Liquid chromatography

Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionizaztion

Mass Spectrometry

The ratio of the actual absolute humidity to the maximum possible absolute humidity at the respective temperature (often expressed in %)

Describes ability to see fine details

Scanning Electron Microscopy

X-Ray Diffraction

X-Ray Fluorescence spectroscopy