Buffer gas
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| IUPAC RECOMMENDATIONS 2013 |
| Buffer gas |
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| buffer gas
Inert gas used for collisional reduction of the internal or translational energy of ions, such as in ion traps. |
| Related Term(s): collision gas |
| Reference(s):
J. F. J. Todd. Mass Spectrom. Rev. 10, 3 (1991). (http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/mas.1280100103 ) |
| From Definitions of Terms Relating to Mass Spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013); DOI: 10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06 © IUPAC 2013. |
