Atomic and nuclear properties of yttrium silicon oxide (Y2SiO5)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.46171     
Specific gravity 4.540 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 258.1 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.482 MeV g-1cm2 6.730 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 78.3 g cm-2 17.24 cm
Nuclear interaction length 123.5 g cm-2 27.20 cm
Pion collision length 104.8 g cm-2 23.08 cm
Pion interaction length 154.8 g cm-2 34.10 cm
Radiation length 13.81 g cm-2 3.042 cm
Critical energy 22.10 MeV (for e-) 21.43 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 13.25 g cm-2 2.918 cm
Plasma energy ωp 41.72 eV   
Muon critical energy 347. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
Y
39
2.00
0.621949
Si
14
1.00
0.098237
O
8
5.00
0.279813
* 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