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    Electron ionization (EI, formerly known as electron impact ionization and electron bombardment ionization) is an ionization method in which energetic...
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  • Electron capture ionization is the ionization of a gas phase atom or molecule by attachment of an electron to create an ion of the form A − {\displaystyle...
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    stripped of a single electron, and e− is the removed electron. Ionization energy is positive for neutral atoms, meaning that the ionization is an endothermic...
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    solution for the ionization rate is possible. Tunnel ionization is ionization due to quantum tunneling. In classical ionization, an electron must have enough...
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    by the electron beam ion trap. Electron capture ionization (ECI) is the ionization of a gas phase atom or molecule by attachment of an electron to create...
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    chemistry. Reagent gas molecules (often methane or ammonia) are ionized by electron ionization to form reagent ions, which subsequently react with analyte...
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  • atoms or molecules. Double ionization is usually less probable than single-electron ionization. Two types of double ionization are distinguished: sequential...
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    is commonly used for the identification of organic compounds from electron ionization mass spectrometry. Organic chemists obtain mass spectra of chemical...
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    complete seal). Electron ionization Ionization gauge Vacuum R. T. Bayard and D. Alpert, "Extension of the Low Pressure Range of the Ionization Gauge" Rev....
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  • observed as variations in the ionization cross sections of atoms and molecules, by photoionization, electron ionization and other methods. As examples...
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    manufacturers. The "hard ionization" process of electron ionization can be softened by the cooling of the molecules before their ionization, resulting in mass...
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    enough energy per individual photon or particle to ionize atoms or molecules by detaching electrons from them. Some particles can travel up to 99% of the...
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    Impact ionization is the process in a material by which one energetic charge carrier can lose energy by the creation of other charge carriers. For example...
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  • of electron capture ionization. The electron affinity is positive when energy is released on electron capture. In solid state physics, the electron affinity...
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    the Auger electron corresponds to the difference between the energy of the initial electronic transition into the vacancy and the ionization energy for...
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  • process are ionized. Thermal ionization is used to make simple ion sources, for mass spectrometry and for generating ion beams. Thermal ionization has seen...
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    which each type utilises. The three basic types of gaseous ionization detectors are 1) ionization chambers, 2) proportional counters, and 3) Geiger–Müller...
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  • identities. The electron donating power of a donor molecule is measured by its ionization potential, which is the energy required to remove an electron from the...
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  • In physics, tunnel ionization is a process in which electrons in an atom (or a molecule) tunnel through the potential barrier and escape from the atom...
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    The degree of ionization (also known as ionization yield in the literature) refers to the proportion of neutral particles, such as those in a gas or aqueous...
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  • molar ionization energy applies to the neutral atoms. The second, third, etc., molar ionization energy applies to the further removal of an electron from...
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    break free from its associated atom's shell; this is ionization to form a positive ion. When an electron loses energy (thereby causing a photon to be emitted)...
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  • Japanese and it includes six types of spectra: laser Raman spectra, electron ionization mass spectra (EI-MS), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra...
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    for ionization have been key to determining what types of samples can be analyzed by mass spectrometry. Electron ionization and chemical ionization are...
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    desorption/ionization from a flat surface of target plate or, in other implementation, pulsed electron ionization or Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization in...
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    Thermal ionization mass spectrometry (TIMS), also known as surface ionization, is a highly sensitive isotope mass spectrometry characterization technique...
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    molecular, and optical physics, above-threshold ionization (ATI) is a multi-photon effect where an atom is ionized with more than the energetically required...
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    Secondary electrons are electrons generated as ionization products. They are called 'secondary' because they are generated by other radiation (the primary...
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  • In physics, the Saha ionization equation is an expression that relates the ionization state of a gas in thermal equilibrium to the temperature and pressure...
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  • Penning ionization is a form of chemi-ionization, an ionization process involving reactions between neutral atoms or molecules. The Penning effect is...
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