Autodetechment
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Autodetechment |
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| Process whereby a negative ion in a discrete state with energy greater than the detachment threshold loses an electron spontaneously without further interaction with an energy source. |
| Related Term(s): autoionization |
| Reference(s):
B. H. Bransden, A. Dalgarno. Proc. Phys. Soc., London A 69, 65 (1956). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0370-1298/69/1/308 ) |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
