Metastable ion
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Orange Book entry
Orange Book
| ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION
IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023) |
| Metastable ion |
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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. |
| IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12 |
| Index of Orange Book Terms |
