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An ion which is formed with sufficient excitation to dissociate spontaneously during its flight from the ion source to the detector.

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-{{DefName|An ion that is formed with internal energy higher than the threshold for dissociation but with a lifetime great enough to allow it to exit the [[ion source]] and enter the [[mass spectrometer]] where it dissociates before detection.}}
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+An ion that is formed with internal energy higher than the threshold for dissociation but with a lifetime great enough to allow it to exit the [[ion source]] and enter the [[mass spectrometer]] where it dissociates before detection.
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