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== 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?) | |||
--[[User:Kkmurray|K. Murray]] 23:00, 24 Feb 2005 (CST) |
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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)