Collisionally activated dissociation

IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
Collisionally activated dissociation (CAD)
See collision-induced dissociation (CID).
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From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.
Index of Recommended Terms

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Orange Book

ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023)
Collisionally activated dissociation
An ion/neutral species process wherein excitation of a projectile ion of high translational energy is brought about by the same mechanism as in collision-induced dissociation.
IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12
Index of Orange Book Terms

QUOTED TEXT FROM IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013
The terms collision-induced dissociation (CID) and collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) are both recommended by IUPAC [1] and are used interchangeably in recent literature. They are listed as synonyms in this document.
From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013.

External links

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• S.A. McLuckey, Principles of collisional activation in analytical mass spectrometry, J. Am. Soc. Mass Spectrom. 3 (1992) 599614. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/1044-0305(92)85001-Z.
• L.S. Kassel, The Dynamics of Unimolecular Reactions, Chem. Rev. 10 (1932) 1125. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/cr60035a002