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Under hard vacuum conditions, high energy electrons from an electron gun can "knock out" electrons from a gas phase metal or molecule.

The kinetic energy of the high energy electron can cause molecules can fragment into small pieces.
M
  +  
e–
         
M(n)+
  +  
2
e–
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Interaction, Reaction, Process defined as:
Electron Ionisation

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