Chemi-ionization
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Chemi-ionization is the formation of an ion through the reaction of a gas phase atom or molecule with an atom or molecule in an excited state.[1][2]
Reactions
Chemi-ionization can be represented by
where G is the excited state species (indicated by the superscripted asterisk), and M is the species that is ionized by the loss of an electron to form the radical cation (indicated by the superscripted "plus-dot").
See also
References
- ^ International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. "chemi-ionization". Compendium of Chemical Terminology Internet edition. C01044
- ^ Klucharev, A. N. (1993), [Expression error: Missing operand for > "Chemi-ionization processes"], Physics-Uspekhi 36: 486, doi:
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