Atomic and nuclear properties of yttrium aluminum oxide (2) (Y3Al5O12)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.46831     
Specific gravity 4.560 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 218.0 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.521 MeV g-1cm2 6.935 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 74.3 g cm-2 16.30 cm
Nuclear interaction length 115.5 g cm-2 25.32 cm
Pion collision length 100.9 g cm-2 22.14 cm
Pion interaction length 146.9 g cm-2 32.21 cm
Radiation length 16.11 g cm-2 3.533 cm
Critical energy 26.46 MeV (for e-) 25.67 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 12.91 g cm-2 2.831 cm
Plasma energy ωp 42.11 eV   
Muon critical energy 405. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
Y
39
3.00
0.449308
Al
13
5.00
0.227263
O
8
12.00
0.323428
* 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
Note: Ieff calculated using the ICRU37 Table 5.1 algorithm for liquids and solids