How many atoms escape?
I'm trying to get a feeling for how many metal atoms escape up the exhaust chimney (or get stuck somewhere other than the detector)
I dont really have an idea of if it's something close to 100% of the measureable atoms, that make it to the detector, or if its closer to 1%
and if its closer to 1%, would the expectation be that most of the 99% end up going up the chimney, or stuck to surfaces inside the instrument.
Anyone got an insight as to whats going on in there?
Thanks
Richard
ps, not really trying to count atoms, just trying to work out the proportion of sample atoms left behind