Abbreviations

4-Nitrotoluene

5-(2-Aminopropyl)indole

6:2 Fluorotelomer sulphonamide alkylbetaine

6-Monoacetylmorphine

Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Ancient deoxyribonucleic acid

Silver-assisted laser desorption ionisation

Amelogenin-X

Amelogenin-Y

Accelerator mass spectrometry

Alpha-methyltryptamine

Alternate non-aqueous organic ratio

Atmospheric pressure

Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

Amphetamine-type substances

Biochemical oxygen demand

N,O-Bis(trimethylsilyl)trifluoroacetamide

Basic violet 3

Basic yellow 40

Benzoylecgonine

Cyanoacrylate fuming

Central African Republic

Cannabidiol

Centre for Forensic Science Research and Education

Chemical ionisation

Collision-induced dissociation

Central nervous system

Certificate of authenticity

Certified reference material

Crime scene investigators

Canada’s wastewater survey

Dalton

Diacetone diperoxide

Direct analysis in real time

Direct current

Data-dependent acquisition

Defined daily doses

Drug Enforcement Agency

Desorption electrospray ionisation

Desorption ionisation

Data-independent acquisition

Direct infusion mass spectrometry

2,3-Dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Diphenylamine

Drug target residues

Driving under the influence of drugs

Elemental analysis-isotopic ratio mass spectrometry

Etheylenediaminetetraacetic acid

Ethylene glycol dinitrate

Electron ionisation

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

European Network of Forensic Science Institutes

Electrospray ionization

Explosive trace detectors

N-Ethyl-N-[(heptadecafluorooctyl)sulphonyl]glycine

Erythritol tetranitrate

False discovery rate

Fingermark enhancement techniques

Flame ionisation detection

Forensic isotopic ratio mass spectrometry network

Fiber optic reflectance spectroscopy

2-Phenylbenzimidazole-5-sulphonic acid

Fingermark Research Group

Forensic science providers

Forensic science regulator

Forensic science service

Fourier transform infrared

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Fluorotelomer sulphonic acid

Fingermark Visualisation Manual

Full-width-half-maximum

Gamma-butyrolactone

Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

Grievous bodily harm

Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid

Gunshot residue

Genetically variant peptides

Haemoglobin variants

Hydrophilic–lipophilic balanced

Home-made explosives

Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine

High melting explosive (or octogen)

High performance liquid chromatography

High-resolution accurate mass

High-resolution multi-collector ICPMS

High resolution mass spectrometry

International Atomic Energy Agency

International Criminal Court

Ion chromatography–mass spectrometry

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry

Improvised explosive devices

Ion mobility spectrometry

Ionisation potential

Isotopic ratio mass spectrometry

Isotope ratio mass spectrometry

In-source collision induced dissociation spectra

Kimberley Process and Certification Scheme

Laser ablation

Laser ablation–inductively coupled plasma–mass spectrometry

Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry

Liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry

Linear discriminant analysis

Laser desorption ionisation

Liquid–liquid extraction

Limits of quantitation

Limit of quantitation

Mass-to-charge ratio

Million years

Methamphetamine

Matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation

N-Methyl-bis(trifluoroacetamide)

Strong cation exchangers

3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine

Metal-assisted SIMS

Mannitol hexanitrate

Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide

Ministry of Defence

Microplastic

Multiple reaction monitoring

Messenger ribonucleic acid

Mass spectrometry

Mass spectrometry imaging

Mass spectrometry profiling

Multivariate analysis

Molecular weight

Non-collagenous proteins

Nitroglycerine

Nanogram

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Nitromethane

Nuclear magnetic resonance

National Police Service

Novel psychoactive substances

National Stolen Art File

Non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms

Principal component analysis

Plasma desorption mass spectrometry

Population equivalent

Poly-ethylene glycol

Polyethylene terephthalate glycol

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Perfluorinated or polyfluorinated alkyl substances

Perfluoroalkyl carboxylate, perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acid

Perfluorodecane sulphonate

Perfluoroethylcyclohexane sulphonate

Perfluorooctanoic acid

Parent sulphonic acid

Picrogram

Particle induced X-ray emission

Poly-lactic acid

Partial least squares-discriminant analysis

Peptide mass fingerprint

Post mortem interval

Normalised daily load

Polar organic chemical integrative samplers

Persistent organic pollutants

Parts-per-million

Parallel reaction monitoring

Powder suspensions

Post-translational modifications

Pyrolysis–gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

Quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Triple quadrupole

Hexahydro-1,3,5-trinitro-1,3,5-triazine

Radiofrequency

Uptake rate

Retention time

Surface assisted laser desorption ionisation

Secondary atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

Single amino acid polymorphisms

Sewage Analysis Core Group

Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists

Scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray spectrometry

Scanning electron microscopy–energy dispersive X-ray

Secondary electrospray ionization

Sheffield Hallam University

Stable isotope-labelled internal standards

Secondary ion mass spectrometry

Standard operating procedures

Solid-phase extraction

Solid-phase micro-extraction

Selected reaction monitoring

Sequential window acquisition of all theoretical mass spectra

Scientific Working Group for the Analysis of Seized Drugs

Triacetone triperoxide

Thermal desorption ion mobility spectrometry

Trifluoroacetamide

Tetrahydrocannabinol

11-Nor-9-carboxy-Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol

Thin layer chromatography

Trimethylsilyl

Trinitrotoluene

Time-of-flight

Time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

Technology readiness level

Time since deposition

United Kingdom Accreditation Service

United Kingdom and Ireland Association of Forensic Toxicologists

Ultra-pressure liquid chromatography

Uninterrupted power supply

Universal Spectrum Explorer

Ultraviolet

Versailles Project on Advanced Materials and Standards

Virginia Department of Forensic Science

Vacuum metal deposition

Wastewater-based epidemiology

World Health Organisation

Wastewater treatment plant

West Yorkshire Police

X-Ray fluorescence

Yorkshire and Humber Regional Scientific Support Services

Zooarchaeology by mass spectrometry