Title: nth-generation product ion spectrum Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - n^th-generation product ion spectrum DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.12511 Status: current Definition Mass spectrum recorded from any mass spectrometer in which the appropriate scan function can be set to record the appropriate generation product ion or ions of m/z selected precursor ions. Related Term - n^th-generation product ion: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/12510 Source - PAC, 2013, 85, 1515. 'Definitions of terms relating to mass spectrometry (IUPAC Recommendations 2013)' on page 1573 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-06-04-06) Other Outputs - html: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12511/html - json: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12511/json - xml: https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/12511/xml Citation: Citation: 'n^th-generation product ion spectrum' 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.12511 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: 2026-08-07T20:14:31+00:00