Collision-induced dissociation

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ORANGE BOOK DEFINITION IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979 (see also Orange Book 2023)
Collision-induced dissociation
An ion/neutral species interaction wherein the projectile ion is dissociated as a result of interaction with a target neutral species. This is brought about by conversion of part of the translation energy of the ion to internal energy in the ion during collision.
IUPAC 1997 Orange Book Chapter 12
Index of Orange Book Terms

See also

• Collision Gas
• Elastic Collision
• Ionizing Collision
• Inelastic Collision
• Superelastic Collision

External links

• Wikipedia:Collision-induced dissociation

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