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Inert gas used for collisional deactivation of internally excited ions or of the translational energies of ions confined in an ion trap.
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'''[[bath gas]]'''
[[bath gas]]


Inert gas used for collisional reduction of the internal or translational energy of ions.
Inert gas used for collisional reduction of the internal or translational energy of [[ion]]s, such as in [[ion trap]]s.


Related term:  [[collision gas]].
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== See also ==
*[[Collision-Induced Dissociation]]
*[[Collisional Excitation]]
*[[Target Gas]]
*[[Collision Gas]]


[[Category:Reactions]]
[[Category:Reactions]]
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Revision as of 22:15, 24 October 2013

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Buffer gas
buffer gas

bath gas

Inert gas used for collisional reduction of the internal or translational energy of ions, such as in ion traps.

Related Term(s): collision gas
Reference(s):

J. F. J. Todd. Mass Spectrom. Rev. 10, 3 (1991). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mas.1280100103 )

From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.

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