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'''relative intensity''' (in mass spectrometry)

Ratio of intensity of a resolved [[peak]] to the intensity of the resolved peak that has the greatest intensity ([[base peak]]). This ratio is generally measured as the normalized ratio of the heights of the respective peaks in the mass spectrum, with the height of the base peak taken as 100.

:''Note'': Intensity is a measure of detector response and should not be used to describe the abundance of ions.
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The ratio of intensity of a separated ion beam to the intensity of the separated ion beam which has the greatest intensity. This ratio is generally equated to the normalized ratio of the heights of the respective peaks in the mass spectrum, with the height of the base peak being taken as 100.

'''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 1554

[[Orange Book]], p. 206
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