Electron impact ionisation
What Electron impact ionisation means in Chemistry A-Level, as defined for OCR.
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A vaporised organic sample is bombarded with high-energy electrons, and each molecule that loses one electron forms a radical cation.
A molecule loses an electron to form a radical cation, M⁺•, which can break into a charged fragment and a neutral radical.
Topics that use Electron impact ionisation
- Analytical techniques (OCR A-Level)
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