Atomic and nuclear properties of nitrous oxide (N2O)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.49985     
Specific gravity (20° C, 1 atm) 1.831E-03 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 84.9 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.819 MeV g-1cm2 3.331E-03 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 61.2 g cm-2 3.341E+04 cm
Nuclear interaction length 89.9 g cm-2 4.908E+04 cm
Pion collision length 88.4 g cm-2 4.828E+04 cm
Pion interaction length 121.8 g cm-2 6.651E+04 cm
Radiation length 36.53 g cm-2 1.995E+04 cm
Critical energy 87.10 MeV (for e-) 85.16 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 8.89 g cm-2 4858. cm
Plasma energy ωp 0.87 eV   
Muon critical energy 1104. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
N
7
2.00
0.636483
O
8
1.00
0.363517
* calculated from mass fraction data

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