List of chemical analysis methods explained

A list of chemical analysis methods with acronyms.

A

• Atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS)
• Atomic emission spectroscopy (AES)
• Atomic fluorescence spectroscopy (AFS)
• Alpha particle X-ray spectrometer (APXS)

C

• Capillary electrophoresis (CE)
• Chromatography
• Colorimetry
• Computed tomography
• Cyclic Voltammetry (CV)

D

• Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)

E

• Electrodialysis
• Electrolysis
• Electron microscopy
• Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) also called Electron spin resonance (ESR)
• Electrophoresis
• Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS/EDX)

F

• Field flow fractionation (FFF)
• Flow injection analysis (FIA)
• Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)

G

• Gas chromatography (GC)
• Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS)
• Gas chromatography-IR spectroscopy (GC-IR)
• Gel permeation chromatography-IR spectroscopy (GPC-IR)

H

• High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)
• High performance liquid chromatography-IR spectroscopy (HPLC-IR)

I

• Ion Microprobe (IM)
• Inductively coupled plasma (ICP)
• Infrared Spectroscopy (IR)
• Ion-mobility spectrometry (IMS)
• Ion selective electrode (ISE) e.g. determination of pH

L

• Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS)
• Liquid chromatography-IR spectroscopy (LC-IR)
• Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS)

M

• Mass spectrometry (MS)
• Mössbauer spectroscopy

N

• Neutron activation analysis
• Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR)

O

• Optical microscopy
• Optical emission spectroscopy
• Optical rotation (OR)

P

• Particle induced X-ray emission spectroscopy (PIXE)
• Pyrolysis gas chromatography mass spectrometry (PY-GC-MS)
• Particle size determination by laser diffraction (PSD)

R

• Raman spectroscopy
• Refractive index
• Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization (REMPI)

S

• Secondary ion mass spectrometry
• Supercritical fluid chromatography (SFC)

T

• Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)
• Titration
• Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA)

V

• Vacuum fusion

X

• X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)
• X-ray diffraction (XRD)
• X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy (XRF)
• X-ray microscopy (XRM)

See also

• Analytical chemistry
• List of materials analysis methods