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electron-beam ion source, electron beam ion source, EBIS
1. A source of multiple charged heavy ions used by a highly energized electron beam to ionize injected gas.
2. A source of multiple charged heavy ions which uses an intense electron beam with energies of five to ten kiloelectronvolts to successively ionize injected gas.
This entry is located in the following units: electro-, electr-, electri- (page 55) -tron, -tronic, -tronics + (page 5)