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Note: When a pressurized gas is used to aid in the formation of a stable spray, the term [[pneumatically assisted electrospray ionization]] is used. The term [[ionspray]] is deprecated.
Note: When a pressurized gas is used to aid in the formation of a stable spray, the term [[pneumatically assisted electrospray ionization]] is used. The term [[ionspray]] is deprecated.
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The process in which a spray of highly charged droplets is formed at the tip of a small capillary that is held at several thousand volts potential with respect to a counter electrode. Solvent evaporation from the droplets results in the formation of ions that are often mutiply charged.
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#J.B. Fenn, M. Mann, C.K. Meng, S.F. Wong, C.M. Whitehouse, Science 246 (1989) 64.
#M. Dole, L.L. Mack, R.L. Hines, R.C. Mobley, L.D. Ferguson, M.B. Alice, J. Chem. Phys. 49 (1968) 2240.
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