What best summarizes the MALDI method by which gas phase ions are produced for mass spectrometry?

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Sample is heated and then bombarded by electrons

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Sample is hit by a low energy xenon beam

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Sample is forced through a narrow capillary tube and the solvent rapidly evaporates

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Sample is embedded in a crystalline matrix and bombarded by laser beams

1.	What best summarizes the MALDI method by which gas phase ions are produced for mass spectrometry?
A.	Sample is hit by a low energy xenon beam
B.	Sample is forced through a narrow capillary tube and the solvent rapidly evaporates
C.	Sample is embedded in a crystalline matrix and bombarded by laser beams
D.	Sample is heated and then bombarded by electrons
Answer» D. Sample is heated and then bombarded by electrons

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