Chemical ionization (CI) is a soft ionization technique used in mass spectrometry.[1][2] This was first introduced by Burnaby Munson and Frank H. Field in 1966.[3] This technique is a branch of gaseous ion-molecule chemistry.[2] Reagent gas molecules (often methane or ammonia)[4] are ionized by electron ionization to form reagent ions, which subsequently react with analyte molecules in the gas phase to create analyte ions for analysis by mass spectrometry. Negative chemical ionization (NCI), charge-exchange chemical ionization, atmospheric-pressure chemical ionization (APCI) and atmospheric pressure photoionization (APPI) are some of the common variants of the technique. CI mass spectrometry finds general application in the identification, structure elucidation and quantitation of organic compounds[5] as well as some utility in biochemical analysis.[5] Samples to be analyzed must be in vapour form, or else (in the case of liquids or solids), must be vapourized before introduction into the source.
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