https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.E01999
This is the term used to describe @I03183@ of any species by electrons. The process may, for example, be written:
- for atoms or molecules: \[\text{M} + e \rightarrow \text{M}^{+\cdot } + 2e\]
- for radicals: \[\text{M}^{\cdot} + e \rightarrow \text{M}^{+} + 2e\]
See:
radical ion
See also:
photoionization