Reagent gas
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Reagent gas |
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| Gas that reacts with ions to produce product ions through ion/molecule reactions; for example, a gas such as methane, ammonia, or isobutane used in chemical ionization to create reagent ions or a gas used in ion traps or collision cells to perform gas-phase ion/molecule reactions. |
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| Reference(s):
L. Tang, P. Kebarle. Anal. Chem. 65, 3654 (1993). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac00072a020 ) |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
