Talk:Thermal ionization

[ASMS Terms and Definitions Poster] definition - Thermal ionization - Method used to ionize solid samples on a hot surface of a metal filament.

Jean-Fran??????????????ois GAL?????????????? 03-06-2004 10:15 AM ET (US)

Some salts or other solids (beta-eucriptites ?...) give ions at elevated T, usually positive metal ions. Suggested modification: Ion emission from a hot surface. Samples may be deposited on a metal filament. "Thermoionization" is also used. I don't know if there is a difference.

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Bob Loss?????????????? 05-12-2004 09:44 PM ET (US)

I agree with Jean-Fran??????????????ois GAL [re above], Thermal Ionization these days also increasingly uses Silica Gel and other oxides as the emitting agent. Use of the term "Metal" should be avoided in the definition. Suggested modification: "Ion emission from a hot surface".