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MASS ION [1 record]

Record 1 1999-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

In mass spectrometry, ... an atom, radical, molecule or molecular moiety which has lost one or more electrons thereby attaining an electrically positive charge.

OBS

The use of the terms cation and mass ion as alternatives are not recommended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
CONT

Les analytes, sous forme moléculaire, peuvent être retenus par effet hydrophobe sur un copolymère styrène-divinylbenzène PRP-1, alors que les cations inorganiques, très hydrophiles, ne le sont pas.

PHR

Ion positif inorganique.

Spanish

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