Talk:Ionization cross section

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.

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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?)

--K. Murray 23:00, 24 Feb 2005 (CST)