Atomic and nuclear properties of barium sulfate BaSO4
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.44561     
Specific gravity 4.500 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 285.7 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.406 MeV g-1cm2 6.329 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 82.4 g cm-2 18.31 cm
Nuclear interaction length 131.0 g cm-2 29.12 cm
Pion collision length 109.1 g cm-2 24.24 cm
Pion interaction length 163.1 g cm-2 36.24 cm
Radiation length 11.64 g cm-2 2.587 cm
Critical energy 17.55 MeV (for e-) 17.00 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 14.06 g cm-2 3.125 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 40.81 eV   
Muon critical energy 285. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
O
8
4.00
0.274212
S
16
1.00
0.137368
Ba
 56
1.00
0.588420
* 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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