{"term":{"id":"09193","title":"static secondary-ion mass spectrometry","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - static secondary-ion mass spectrometry","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.09193","code":"09193","status":"current","acronym":"<em>acronym<\/em>: SSIMS","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Method of secondary-ion mass spectrometry using low current densities for analysis of sample surface components, in contrast with dynamic secondary-ion mass spectrometry, which is used for analysis of components in the depth direction.","notes":{"1":"When the sample is an organic molecule in solid form, the term is often changed to organic SIMS or molecular SIMS.","2":"The ion areic dose during measurement is restricted to less than \\(\\pu{E16}\\) ions per \\(\\pu{m2}\\) to an extent that depends on both the material of the sample and the size of the molecular fragments being analysed.","3":"Ions are usually detected by a time of flight mass spectrometer (TOF-SIMS)."},"links":[{"term":"areic dose","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/09223"},{"term":"dynamic secondary-ion mass spectrometry","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/09183"},{"term":"secondary-ion mass spectrometry","url":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/\/terms\/view\/09192"}],"sources":["PAC, 2020, 92, 1781. 'Glossary of methods and terms used in surface chemical analysis (IUPAC Recommendations 2020)' on page 1789 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2019-0404)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09193\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09193\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/09193\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'static secondary-ion mass spectrometry' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.09193","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-07-25T15:57:47+00:00"}}