AGDB analytical methods

AA	Flame atomic absorption spectrometry after one of various near total digestion methods
AA_CV	Mercury by cold-vapor atomic absorption spectrometry after multi-acid digestion and solution.
AA_FE	Sodium and potassium by flame emission spectometry (flame photometry) after HF-HClO4 dissolution or LiBO2 fusion.
AA_GF	Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry after one of various near total digestion methods
AA_HG	Flow injection or continuous flow hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrometry after one of various near total digestion methods
AA_P	Flame atomic absorption spectrometry after one of various partial digestion methods
AA_P_XC	Flame atomic absorption spectrometry after solution extraction and cation exchange
AA_P_XS	Flame atomic absorption spectrometry after solution extraction
AA_TR	Mercury by thermal release and atomic absorption spectrometry after multi-acid digestion (Vaughn-McCarthy method).
AES_AR	Major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after partial digestion with aqua regia.
AES_HF	Major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after digestion with HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4.
AES_HF_REE	Rare earth elements by ion exchange and inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission quantatative spectrometry after HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4 digestion.
AES_IE	Molybdenum, niobium and tungsten by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission quantatative spectrometry after HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4 digestion and ion exchange separation.
AES_P	Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after one of various partial acid digestion methods
AES_SF	Inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry after one of various near total digestion methods
AFS	Flow injection-cold vapor-atomic fluorescence spectrometry
CB	One of various detection methods after near total combustion decomposition
CM	Colorimetric spectrophotometry after one of various near total digestion methods
CM_P	Colorimetric technique after one of various partial digestion methods
CP	Organic carbon, carbonate carbon and totals by computation.
DN	Uranium and thorium by delayed neutron activation counting.
EDX	Minor elements by energy-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry.
ES	Semi-quantitative emission spectrography
ES_P	Semi-quantitative emission spectrography after solution extraction
ES_Q	Major and minor elements by quantitative emission spectrography.
FA_DC	Gold by direct current plasma-atomic emission spectroscopy or atomic absorption spectrophotometry after PbO fire assay chemical separation.
FA_MS	Platinum group elements by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry after NiS fire assay chemical separation.
FL	Fluorometry after one of various near total digestion methods
GRC	Uranium by gamma counting.
GV	Density, moisture and weight by gravimetry; ash or loss on ignition by weight loss after heating at 900° C.
IC	Chloride, fluoride, nitrate, sulfate and phosphate by ion specific chromatography.
ISE	Ion specific electrode after one of various near total digestion methods
ISE_P	Ion specific electrode after solution extraction
MS_HF	Major and minor elements by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry after HF-HCl-HNO3-HClO4 digestion.
MS_P	Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry after partial digestion with aqua regia
MS_SF	Inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry after one of various near total digestion methods
NA	Major and minor elements by instrumental neutron activation analysis.
TB	Turbidimetry
TT	Titration technique after one of various near total digestion methods
VOL	Carbon dioxide or carbonate carbon by evolution after acid decomposition; aka ""gasometric"" or ""manometric"".
WDX	Wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescence spectrometry of fused or raw sample