Desolvated ion

From Mass Spec Terms
DRAFT DEFINITION
Desolvated ion
An ion formed in an electrospray or other spray process that has been separated from all solvent molecules and exists in the gas phase as a free ion.
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Reference(s):

S.J. Gaskell, J. Mass Spectrom. 32 (1997) 677.

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