Atomic and nuclear properties of bakelite [(C43H38O7)n]
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.52792     
Specific gravity 1.250 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 72.4 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.889 MeV g-1cm2 2.361 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 58.3 g cm-2 46.61 cm
Nuclear interaction length 83.4 g cm-2 66.70 cm
Pion collision length 85.7 g cm-2 68.53 cm
Pion interaction length 115.3 g cm-2 92.28 cm
Radiation length 41.74 g cm-2 33.39 cm
Critical energy 86.37 MeV (for e-) 84.07 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 10.25 g cm-2 8.198 cm
Plasma energy ωp 23.41 eV   
Muon critical energy 1110. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
38.00
0.057441
C
6
43.00
0.774591
O
8
7.00
0.167968
* calculated from mass fraction data

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