MOOC: Instrumental analysis of cultural heritage objects

Glossary

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Absolute humidity

The amount of water in a volume unit of air

APCI

Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization

ATR

Attenuated Total Reflection

EDS

Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy

ESI

ElectroSpray Ionization

FT

Fourier Transform

GC

Gas Chromatography

ICP

Inductively Coupled Plasma

ICR

Ion Cyclotron Resonance

LA

Laser Ablation

LC

Liquid chromatography

MALDI

Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption/Ionizaztion

MS

Mass Spectrometry

Relative humidity

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

Resolution

Describes ability to see fine details

SEM

Scanning Electron Microscopy

XRD

X-Ray Diffraction

XRF

X-Ray Fluorescence spectroscopy