Atomic and nuclear properties of n-hexane C6H14
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.59020     
Specific gravity 0.6603 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 54.0 eV   
Minimum ionization 2.174 MeV g-1cm2 1.435 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 55.7 g cm-2 84.38 cm
Nuclear interaction length 77.6 g cm-2 117.5 cm
Pion collision length 83.4 g cm-2 126.2 cm
Pion interaction length 109.4 g cm-2 165.7 cm
Radiation length 45.08 g cm-2 68.27 cm
Critical energy 107.43 MeV (for e-) 104.65 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 8.90 g cm-2 13.48 cm
Plasma energy ωp 17.99 eV   
Muon critical energy 1344. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
14.00
0.163741
C
6
6.00
0.836259
* calculated from mass fraction data

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