Buffer gas

From MS Terms
IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Buffer gas
buffer gas

bath gas

Inert gas used for collisional reduction of the internal or translational energy of ions, such as in ion traps.

Related Term(s): collision gas
Reference(s):

J. F. J. Todd. Mass Spectrom. Rev. 10, 3 (1991). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mas.1280100103 )

From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.

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