Chapter 7

Chemical Ionization

  • Basics of chemical ionization (CI)
  • Chemical ionization by protonation
  • Reagent gas plasma
  • Charge exchange chemical ionization
  • Electron capture negative ionization
  • Desorption chemical ionization
  • Atmospheric pressure ionization
  • Atmospheric pressure chemical ionization (APCI)
  • Atmospheric pressure photoionzation (APPI)
  • Analytes for CI and APCI
  • Mass analyzers for CI and APCI