Talk:Ionization cross section
From Mass Spec Terms
Jean-Fran??????????????ois GAL?????????????? 02-28-2004 11:03 AM ET (US)
"Ionization cross section" in the field mass spectrometry commonly refers to electron ionization, not to photo-ionization. Electron ionization and Photoionization should therefore be defined separately if necessary.
Yasuhide's Comment
This is a measure of the probability that a given ionization process will occur when an atom or molecule interacts with a photon. (not applicable to other ionization methods?)
--K. Murray 23:00, 24 Feb 2005 (CST)
Other types of ionization
There is a cross-section for any gas phase ion molecule interaction. Also electron ionization. This term should be defined in general terms
- --K. Murray 09:39, 19 May 2005 (CDT)
