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What is Molecular and fragment ions?

Also known as: molecular ion · fragment ion

Definition 32.3 University Chemistry — Year 2 · Chapter 32 — Mass Spectrometry and Atomic Spectroscopy

The molecular ion M+∙\mathrm M^{+\bullet} is the radical cation formed when a molecule loses one electron; its m/zm/z is the molar mass of the molecule made of the most abundant isotopes. A fragment ion comes from the molecular ion by the breaking of bonds.

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