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==Chicago Manual of Style== | ==Chicago Manual of Style== | ||
See http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ | See http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/ | ||
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The AIP style manual uses the hyphen exclusively for combined terms.[http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/toc.html] | The AIP style manual uses the hyphen exclusively for combined terms.[http://www.aip.org/pubservs/style/4thed/toc.html] | ||
| − | + | ==Mass Spectrometry Desk Reference== | |
| + | David Sparkman in his [[Mass Spectrometry Desk Reference]] recommends the use of the slash to indicate the combination of techniques and the hyphen to indicate the combination of instruments. Thus | ||
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| + | :Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS) | ||
| + | :Gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer (GC-MS) | ||
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| + | similarly | ||
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| + | :time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOFMS) | ||
| + | :time-of-flight mass spectrometer (TOF-MS) | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||