Secondary neutral mass spectrometry
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| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Secondary neutral mass spectrometry (SNMS) |
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| Mass spectrometry technique in which neutral species ejected from a sample surface as a result of bombardment by a primary beam of atoms or ions are ionized, most often by photoionization, prior to analysis. |
| Related Term(s): secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) |
| Reference(s):
H. Oechsner, W. Gerhard. Phys. Lett. A 40, 211 (1972). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0375-9601(72)90660-3 ) D. Lipinsky, R. Jede, O. Ganschow, A. Benninghoven. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 3, 2007 (1985). |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |