Atomic and nuclear properties of Nylon du Pont Elvamide 8062M
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.55063     
Specific gravity 1.080 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 64.3 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.987 MeV g-1cm2 2.146 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 57.4 g cm-2 53.15 cm
Nuclear interaction length 81.3 g cm-2 75.25 cm
Pion collision length 84.9 g cm-2 78.64 cm
Pion interaction length 113.2 g cm-2 104.9 cm
Radiation length 42.04 g cm-2 38.93 cm
Critical energy 91.31 MeV (for e-) 88.90 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 9.76 g cm-2 9.039 cm
Plasma energy ωp 22.22 eV   
Muon critical energy 1168. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
1.00
0.103509
C
6
0.53
0.648415
N
7
0.07
0.099536
O
8
0.09
0.148539
* 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
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