Reagent ion

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Reagent ion

An ion produced in large excess in a chemical ionization source that reacts with neutral sample molecules to produce an ionized form of the molecule through an ion/molecule reaction.


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JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY GLOSSARY
Reagent ion

An ion that reacts with a neutral molecule to produce an ionized form of the molecule through an ion/molecule reaction, for example as in chemical ionization.

Reference:
  1. B. Munson, Int. J. Mass. Spectrom. 200 (2000) 243.

Journal of Chromatography Glossary of Terms (March 2010)
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