Atomic and nuclear properties of amber (C10H16O)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.55179     
Specific gravity 1.100 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 63.2 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.993 MeV g-1cm2 2.192 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 57.1 g cm-2 51.91 cm
Nuclear interaction length 80.7 g cm-2 73.33 cm
Pion collision length 84.6 g cm-2 76.93 cm
Pion interaction length 112.6 g cm-2 102.4 cm
Radiation length 43.05 g cm-2 39.14 cm
Critical energy 93.73 MeV (for e-) 91.25 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 9.74 g cm-2 8.854 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 22.45 eV   
Muon critical energy 1194. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
16.00
0.105930
C
6
10.00
0.788973
O
8
1.00
0.105096
* calculated from mass fraction data

For muons, dE/dx = a(E) + b(E) E. Tables of b(E): PDF TEXT
Table of muon dE/dx and Range: PDF TEXT
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