Preferred Label : ionization;
IUPAC definition : The generation of one or more ions. It may occur, e.g. by loss of an electron from
a neutral molecular entity, by the unimolecular heterolysis of such an entity into
two or more ions, or by a heterolytic substitution reaction involving neutral molecules,
such as: The loss of an electron from a singly, doubly, etc. charged cation is
called second, third, etc i . /i ionization. This terminology is used especially
in mass spectroscopy.;
Origin ID : I03183;
See also
The generation of one or more ions. It may occur, e.g. by loss of an electron from
a neutral molecular entity, by the unimolecular heterolysis of such an entity into
two or more ions, or by a heterolytic substitution reaction involving neutral molecules,
such as: The loss of an electron from a singly, doubly, etc. charged cation is
called second, third, etc i . /i ionization. This terminology is used especially
in mass spectroscopy.
