Atomic and nuclear properties of sucrose (C12H22O11)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.53170     
Specific gravity 1.581 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 77.5 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.884 MeV g-1cm2 2.977 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 58.8 g cm-2 37.20 cm
Nuclear interaction length 84.4 g cm-2 53.37 cm
Pion collision length 86.2 g cm-2 54.54 cm
Pion interaction length 116.3 g cm-2 73.58 cm
Radiation length 38.60 g cm-2 24.42 cm
Critical energy 79.41 MeV (for e-) 77.27 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 10.31 g cm-2 6.522 cm
Plasma energy ωp 26.42 eV   
Muon critical energy 1038. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
22.00
0.064779
C
6
12.00
0.421070
O
8
11.00
0.514151
* 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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