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Acronyms
INSTRUMENTATION ACRONYMS
AFM | atomic force microscopy/microscope |
AMS | accelerator mass spectrometry |
APS | Advanced Photon Source |
APT | atom probe tomography |
CAT | computer-aided tomography |
CHILI | Chicago Instrument for Laser Ionization |
CL | cathodoluminescence |
CPD | critical point drying |
CT | computed tomography |
DSC | differential scanning calorimetry |
EBSD | electron backscatter diffraction |
EDS | electron-dispersive spectrometry |
EDS | energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy |
EDX | energy dispersive X-ray analysis |
EELS | electron energy loss spectrometer |
EM | electron microscopy |
EPMA | electron probe microanalysis |
ESEM | environmental scanning electron microscope |
FE | field emission |
FE-EPMA | field emission electron probe microanalysis/microanalyzer |
FEG | field emission gun |
FE-SEM | field emission scanning electron microscope |
FIB | focused ion beam |
FID | flame ionization detector |
FLIR | forward-looking infrared |
FTIR | Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy/spectroscope |
FTMS | Fourier-transform mass spectrometry |
GC-MS | gas chromatography mass spectrometry/spectrometer |
HEPA | high-efficiency particulate air |
HPF | high-pressure freezing |
HPLC | high-performance liquid chromatography |
ICP-MS | inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer |
ICP-OES | inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry |
ID-TIMS | isotope dilution-thermal ionization mass spectrometry |
IMS | ion mass spectrometer |
INAA | instrumental neutron activation analysis |
IRMS | isotope ratio mass spectrometry |
LA-ICP-MS | laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
LA-MC-ICP-M | laser ablation multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry |
LIBS | laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy/spectroscope |
MC-ICP-MS | multicollector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer |
MFM | magnetic force microscopy |
MR | magnetic resonance |
MRI | magnetic resonance imaging |
MS | mass spectrometry/spectrometer |
MS-MS | tandem mass spectrometry |
NMR | nuclear magnetic resonance |
NSLS | National Synchrotron Light Source |
PFM | piezo-resistive force microscopy |
RELAX | Refrigerator Enhanced Laser Analyzer for Xenon |
RIMS | resonance ion mass spectrometry |
RIMSKI | resonance ionization mass spectrometer for krypton isotopes |
SEM | scanning electron microscopy/microscope |
SHG | second harmonic generation |
SHRIMP | sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe |
SIMS | secondary ion mass spectrometry |
SNMS | sputtered neutron mass spectrometer |
S-TEM | scanning transmission electron microscopy |
STM | scanning tunneling microscope |
STXM | scanning transmission X-ray microscopy |
TEM | transmission electron microscopy/microscope |
TGA | thermal gravimetric analysis |
TIMS | thermal ionization mass spectrometry |
ToF-SIMS | time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry |
UV-Vis | ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy |
WDS | wavelength-dispersive spectrometery |
XANES | X-ray absorption near-edge structure |
XCT | X-ray computed tomography |
XRD | X-ray diffraction |
XRF | X-ray fluorescence |
OTHER ACRONYMS
3D | three-dimensional |
4D | four-dimensional |
ABRF | Association of Biomolecular Resource Facilities |
AIST | National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
CAESAR | Comet Astrobiology Exploration Sample Return |
CAMECA | Compagnie des Applications Mécaniques et Electroniques au Cinéma et à l’Atomistique |
CAPTEM | Curation and Analysis Planning Team for Extra Terrestrial Materials |
CC | contamination control |
CCEM | Canadian Centre of Electron Microscopy |
CCSR | Cryogenic Comet Sample Return |
CFI | Canadian Foundation for Innovation |
CK | contamination knowledge |
CLS | Canadian Light Source |
CNES | Centre National d’Études Spatiales |
CNRS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
COMPRES | Consortium for Mineral Physics Research in the Earth Sciences |
CRESS | Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science |
CRPG | Centre de Recherches Pétrographiques et Géochimiques |
CSA | Canadian Space Agency |
DOD | Department of Defense |
DOE | Department of Energy |
EAR | Division of Earth Sciences (NSF) |
EMC | Eyring Material Center |
ESA | European Space Agency |
ESCuC | Extraterrestrial Sample Curation Center |
EURO-CARES | European Curation of Astromaterials Returned from Exploration of Space |
EW | Emerging Worlds |
FEI | Field Electron and Ion Company |
FFRDC | federally funded research and development center |
FTE | full-time equivalent |
GEO | Directorate for Geosciences (NSF) |
GEOKhI | Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry |
GSECARS | Geo Soil Enviro Center for Advanced Radiation Sources |
GSFC | Goddard Space Flight Center |
HEPA | high-efficiency particulate air |
IDLE | Interstellar Dust Laser Explorer |
IDP | interplanetary dust particle |
IPGP | Institute Physique du Globe Paris |
IRMS | isotope ratio mass spectrometry |
ISAS | Institute of Space and Astronautical Science |
ISFM | Internal Scientist Funding Model |
ISO | International Standards Organization |
JAXA | Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
JPL | Jet Propulsion Laboratory |
JSC | Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center |
LARS | Laboratory Analysis of Returned Samples |
LBNL | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
LMV | Laboratoire Magmas et Volcans |
MatISSE | Maturation of Instruments for Solar System Exploration |
MAX-C | Mars Astrobiology Explorer-Cacher |
MML | Materials and Measurement Laboratory |
MMX | Martian Moons Exploration |
MREFC | Major Research Equipment Facilities Construction |
MSC | Manned Spaceflight Center |
NASA | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
NCEM | National Center for Electron Microscopy |
NCNR | NIST Center for Neutron Research |
NESSF | NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship |
NHMFL | National High Magnetic Field Laboratory |
NIBIB | National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering |
NIH | National Institutes of Health |
NIST | National Institute for Standards and Technology |
NNCI | National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure |
NPP | NASA postdoctoral program |
NRC | National Research Council |
NRL | Naval Research Laboratory |
NSCL | National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory |
NSERC | National Science and Engineering Research Council |
NSF | National Science Foundation |
OSIRIS-REx | Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security, Regolith Explorer |
PI | principal investigator |
PICASSO | Planetary Instrument Concepts for the Advancement of Solar System Observations |
PMEF | Planetary Major Equipment (and Facilities) |
PSD | Planetary Science Division |
R&A | research and analysis |
RELAB | Reflectance Experiment Laboratory |
ROSES | Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences |
RSV | Return Sample Vault |
S&T | science and technology |
SARM | Service d’Analyse des Roches et Minéraux |
SMD | Science Mission Directorate |
SPA | South Pole-Aitken |
SRC | sample return capsule |
SSAS | Stardust Sample Allocation Subcommittee |
SSW | Solar System Workings |
SUERC | Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre |
SWaP | size, weight, and power |
TAGSAM | touch-and-go sample acquisition mechanism |
UCLA | University of California, Los Angeles |
USRA | Universities Space Research Association |
USSR | Union of Soviet Socialist Republics |
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