Ion-attachment mass spectrometry
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Ion-attachment mass spectrometry (IAMS) is a form of mass spectrometry that uses a "soft" form of ionization similar to chemical ionization in which a cation is attached to the analyte molecule in a reactive collision:
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Where M is the analyte molecule, X+ is the cation and A is a non-reacting collision partner.[1]