Atomic and nuclear properties of uranium dicarbide (UC2)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.39687     
Specific gravity 11.28 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 752.0 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.135 MeV g-1cm2 12.80 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 108.6 g cm-2 9.628 cm
Nuclear interaction length 184.7 g cm-2 16.38 cm
Pion collision length 133.7 g cm-2 11.86 cm
Pion interaction length 215.6 g cm-2 19.11 cm
Radiation length 6.51 g cm-2 0.5774 cm
Critical energy 7.62 MeV (for e-) 7.35 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 18.12 g cm-2 1.606 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 60.97 eV   
Muon critical energy 143. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
C
6
2.00
0.091669
U
92
1.00
0.908331
* calculated from mass fraction data

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