Atomic and nuclear properties of Nylon type 6/10 [(CH(CH2)7NO)n]
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.55236     
Specific gravity 1.140 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 63.2 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.992 MeV g-1cm2 2.271 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 57.3 g cm-2 50.23 cm
Nuclear interaction length 81.0 g cm-2 71.02 cm
Pion collision length 84.8 g cm-2 74.38 cm
Pion interaction length 112.9 g cm-2 99.06 cm
Radiation length 42.45 g cm-2 37.24 cm
Critical energy 92.34 MeV (for e-) 89.89 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 9.75 g cm-2 8.552 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 22.87 eV   
Muon critical energy 1180. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
15.00
0.107062
C
6
8.00
0.680449
N
7
1.00
0.099189
O
8
1.00
0.113300
* calculated from mass fraction data

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