Atomic and nuclear properties of nitrous oxide (N₂O)

Quantity	Value	Units	Value	Units
<Z/A>	0.49985
Specific gravity (20° C, 1 atm)	1.831E-03	g cm-3
Mean excitation energy	84.9	eV
Minimum ionization	1.819	MeV g-1cm2	3.331E-03	MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length	61.2	g cm-2	3.341E+04	cm
Nuclear interaction length	89.9	g cm-2	4.908E+04	cm
Pion collision length	88.4	g cm-2	4.828E+04	cm
Pion interaction length	121.8	g cm-2	6.651E+04	cm
Radiation length	36.53	g cm-2	1.995E+04	cm
Critical energy	87.10	MeV (for e-)	85.16	MeV (for e+)
Molière radius	8.89	g cm-2	4858.	cm
Plasma energy ℏωp	0.87	eV
Muon critical energy	1104.	GeV

Composition:

Elem	Z	Atomic frac*	Mass frac
N	7	2.00	0.636483
O	8	1.00	0.363517
* 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
Explanation of some entries