Atomic and nuclear properties of terphenyl (C18H10)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.52148     
Specific gravity 1.234 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 71.7 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.867 MeV g-1cm2 2.304 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 58.2 g cm-2 47.17 cm
Nuclear interaction length 83.4 g cm-2 67.58 cm
Pion collision length 85.6 g cm-2 69.36 cm
Pion interaction length 115.4 g cm-2 93.51 cm
Radiation length 43.32 g cm-2 35.11 cm
Critical energy 88.74 MeV (for e-) 86.38 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 10.35 g cm-2 8.389 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 23.12 eV   
Muon critical energy 1134. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
10.00
0.044543
C
6
18.00
0.955457
* calculated from mass fraction data

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