Difference between revisions of "Combined techniques"

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== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
  
 
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/constructitle.html#FIVEEXAM National Library of MedicineGuidelines]
 
[http://www.nlm.nih.gov/pubs/factsheets/constructitle.html#FIVEEXAM National Library of MedicineGuidelines]
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[http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jabout/4849/ForAuthors.html RCM Author Instructions]
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:A single analytical technique, or a type of instrument, is abbreviated without hyphens. Thus, TOFMS, FTICRMS.
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:A hyphen is used when highlighting a particular component or feature of an instrument or technique. Thus, MALDI-TOFMS, ESI-MS/MS. When 2 or more different analytical techniques are coupled in tandem, this is represented by a solidus placed between the abbreviations for the techniques. Thus we write Py/GC/EI-MS, CZE/TOFMS.
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