Collisional activation

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GOLD BOOK DEFINITION IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the Gold Book). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
Collisional activation
http://goldbook.iupac.org/C01157.html 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. (The ion may decompose subsequently.) Source: PAC, 1991, 63, 1541 (Recommendations for nomenclature and symbolism for mass spectroscopy (including an appendix of terms used in vacuum technology). (Recommendations 1991)) on page 1554
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See also

• Collisionally Activated Dissociation
• Collision-Induced Dissociation