Collisionally activated dissociation

From MS Terms
IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Collisionally activated dissociation (CAD)
See collision-induced dissociation (CID).
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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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Orange Book

ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION

IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023)

Collisionally activated dissociation

An ion/neutral species process wherein excitation of a projectile ion of high translational energy is brought about by the same mechanism as in collision-induced dissociation.

IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12
Index of Orange Book Terms



QUOTED TEXT FROM IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
The terms collision-induced dissociation (CID) and collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) are both recommended by IUPAC [1] and are used interchangeably in recent literature. They are listed as synonyms in this document.
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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