Concept information
Preferred term
electron impact ionization
Definition(s)
- Electron ionization (EI, formerly known as electron impact ionization and electron bombardment ionization) is an ionization method in which energetic electrons interact with solid or gas phase atoms or molecules to produce ions. EI was one of the first ionization techniques developed for mass spectrometry. However, this method is still a popular ionization technique. This technique is considered a hard (high fragmentation) ionization method, since it uses highly energetic electrons to produce ions. This leads to extensive fragmentation, which can be helpful for structure determination of unknown compounds. EI is the most useful for organic compounds which have a molecular weight below 600. Also, several other thermally stable and volatile compounds in solid, liquid and gas states can be detected with the use of this technique when coupled with various separation methods. (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electron_ionization)
Broader concept(s)
Synonym(s)
- electron bombardment ionisation
- electron bombardment ionization
- electron impact ionisation
- electron ionisation
- electron ionization
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