Secondary ionization

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PROVISIONAL RECOMMENDATION
Secondary ionization

Process in which ions are ejected from a sample surface as a result of bombardment by a primary beam of atoms or ions.


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GOLD BOOK DEFINITION
Secondary ionization

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The process in which ions are ejected from a sample surface (which may be a solid or substrate dissolved in a solvent matrix) as a result of bombardment by a primary beam of atoms or ions.

Source:

PAC, 1991, 63, 1541 (Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991)) on page 1548

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