Title: direct liquid introduction
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - direct liquid introduction
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12394
Status: current

Definition
Direct delivery of a liquid sample at a low solvent flow rate into the chemical ionization ion source of a mass spectrometer. The solvent vapour can act as the reagent gas.

Related Term
- reagent gas: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12546

Source
- PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. 'Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1538 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06)

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Citation: Citation: 'direct liquid introduction' 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.12394
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