Electron capture ionization
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 | 
| Electron capture ionization (ECI) | 
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| electron capture ionization electron capture negative ionization 
 Ionization of a gas-phase atom or molecule by attachment of a free electron to form molecular ions of the M- type. | 
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| Reference(s): H. K. Lim, D. Andrenyak, P. Francom, R. L. Foltz, R. T. Jones. Anal. Chem. 60, 1420 (1988). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ac00165a015 ) | 
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. | 
