Ionization of Inorganic Compounds

Several methods are available to ionize inorganic materials, some for volatile compounds and others for nonvolatile and refractive materials  

Fundamentals of Contemporary Mass Spectrometry, by Chhabil Dass Copyright 2007 John Wiley Sons, Inc. 

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Struyf, H., Van Vaeck, L., Van Grieken, R. (1996) Desorption/ionization of inorganic compounds in Fourier transform laser microprobe mass spectrometry with external ion source. Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 10, 551-561. 

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