Molecular Ion
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In mass spectroscopy, an electron is removed from the sample molecule; the resultant radical cation is called the molecular ion (symbols: M•+, M+).
The electron the molecule loses to give the molecular ion is usually the highest-energy electron in the molecule.
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see also molecular ion peak