Atomic and nuclear properties of naphtalene (C10H8)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.53053     
Specific gravity 1.145 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 68.4 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.906 MeV g-1cm2 2.183 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 57.8 g cm-2 50.49 cm
Nuclear interaction length 82.4 g cm-2 72.00 cm
Pion collision length 85.2 g cm-2 74.45 cm
Pion interaction length 114.4 g cm-2 99.93 cm
Radiation length 43.58 g cm-2 38.06 cm
Critical energy 91.13 MeV (for e-) 88.71 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 10.14 g cm-2 8.857 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 22.46 eV   
Muon critical energy 1161. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
8.00
0.062909
C
6
10.00
0.937091
* calculated from mass fraction data

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