Atomic and nuclear properties of mercuric iodide HgI2
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.40933     
Specific gravity 6.360 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 684.5 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.193 MeV g-1cm2 7.589 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 105.3 g cm-2 16.56 cm
Nuclear interaction length 181.3 g cm-2 28.51 cm
Pion collision length 129.2 g cm-2 20.32 cm
Pion interaction length 208.6 g cm-2 32.79 cm
Radiation length 7.44 g cm-2 1.170 cm
Critical energy 9.40 MeV (for e-) 9.08 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 16.77 g cm-2 2.637 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 46.49 eV   
Muon critical energy 172. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
I
53
2.00
0.558560
Hg
 80
1.00
0.441440
* calculated from mass fraction data

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