Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

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Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

Chemical ionization that takes place using a nebulized liquid and atmospheric pressure corona discharge.


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Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization

A variant of chemical ionization performed at atmospheric pressure.

Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI) - The formation of ionized species when gaseous molecules interact with ions (reagent ions) at atmospheric pressure. The reagent ions are formed by a corona discharge of the vaporized solvent introduced into the system.


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