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Appendix F: Acronyms
Pages 121-126

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... F 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 121
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... 122 STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS 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-MS 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
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... APPENDIX F 123 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)
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... PSD Planetary Science Division
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... APPENDIX F 125 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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