Atomic and nuclear properties of baksan rock
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.49228     
Specific gravity 2.740 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 175.6 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.635 MeV g-1cm2 4.479 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 68.1 g cm-2 24.86 cm
Nuclear interaction length 104.0 g cm-2 37.94 cm
Pion collision length 94.1 g cm-2 34.35 cm
Pion interaction length 133.5 g cm-2 48.73 cm
Radiation length 25.27 g cm-2 9.221 cm
Critical energy 45.84 MeV (for e-) 44.53 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 11.69 g cm-2 4.265 cm
Plasma energy ωp 33.47 eV   
Muon critical energy 654. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
Na
11
0.10
0.095103
Mg
12
0.90
0.904897
* 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
Explanation of some entries
Note: Ieff calculated using the ICRU37 Table 5.1 algorithm for liquids and solids