TAB A - Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Glossary
This tab provides a listing of acronyms and abbreviations found in this report. Additionally, the glossary section provides definitions for selected technical terms that are not found in common usage.
Acronyms and Abbreviations
| CBDCOM | Chemical and Biological Defense Command |
| ERDEC | Edgewood Research and Development Engineering Center |
| IRFNA | Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid |
| PAC | Presidential Advisory Committee |
| PGIIT | Persian Gulf Illnesses Investigation Team |
| US | United States |
Glossary
| Chemical Ionization | Chemical ionization is a process used to create molecules which have either a positive or negative charge. [21] |
| Chromatography | The separation of chemical substances and particles by differential movement through a two-phased system.[22] |
| Gas Chromatography | The sample mixture is vaporized in gas chromatography. The process by which a vaporized mixture is separated into its component compounds.[23] |
| High Performance Liquid Chromatography | A chromatographic technology used to separate and measure mixtures of substances in solution.[24] |
| Ion Chromatography | Ion chromatography is a form of liquid chromatography that uses ion-exchange resins to separate atomic or molecular ions based on their interaction with the resin.[25] |
| Leachates | A leachate is the material removed from a sample during chemical analysis.[26] |
| Mass Spectrometry | This is a method of identifying the chemical constitution of a substance by means of the separation of gaseous ions according to their differing mass and charge - called also mass spectroscopy.[27] |
| Nuclear Magnetic Resonance | The phenomenon in which atomic nuclei spin around the axis of a strong magnetic field. The spinning nuclei create oscillating magnetic fields and emit a detectable amount of electromagnetic radiation.[28] |
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