Atomic and nuclear properties of lithium fluoride (LiF)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.46262     
Specific gravity 2.635 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 94.0 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.614 MeV g-1cm2 4.253 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 61.0 g cm-2 23.13 cm
Nuclear interaction length 88.7 g cm-2 33.68 cm
Pion collision length 87.5 g cm-2 33.21 cm
Pion interaction length 119.8 g cm-2 45.46 cm
Radiation length 39.26 g cm-2 14.90 cm
Critical energy 68.82 MeV (for e-) 66.93 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 12.09 g cm-2 4.590 cm
Plasma energy ωp 31.82 eV   
Muon critical energy 904. GeV   
Melting point 1121. K 848.2 C
Boiling point @ 1 atm 1946. K 1673. C
Index of refraction (Na D) 1.392     
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
Li
3
1.00
0.267585
F
9
1.00
0.732415
* calculated from mass fraction data

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