Inelastic scattering
From Mass Spec Terms
| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Inelastic scattering |
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| Interaction between two particles (atom, molecule, or ion) wherein there is both an exchange of translational energy between the collision partners and a conversion of translational energy into internal energy. Both the magnitudes and directions of the particle speeds can change. |
| Related Term(s): elastic scattering |
| Reference(s):
IUPAC. Analytical Division. Compendium of Analytical Nomenclature (the Orange Book). Definitive Rules, 1979. Compiled by J. Inczédy, T. Lengyel, A. M. Ure. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). On-line corrected version: http://www.iupac.org /publications/analytical compendium (2000). IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the Gold Book). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A.Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic, J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
