Atomic and nuclear properties of polychlorostyrene [(C17H18Cl2)n]
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.52518     
Specific gravity 1.300 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 81.7 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.859 MeV g-1cm2 2.417 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 60.7 g cm-2 46.67 cm
Nuclear interaction length 87.8 g cm-2 67.51 cm
Pion collision length 88.0 g cm-2 67.70 cm
Pion interaction length 119.7 g cm-2 92.11 cm
Radiation length 33.52 g cm-2 25.78 cm
Critical energy 68.19 MeV (for e-) 66.35 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 10.42 g cm-2 8.018 cm
Plasma energy ωp 23.81 eV   
Muon critical energy 910. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
18.00
0.061869
C
6
17.00
0.696325
Cl
17
2.00
0.241806
* calculated from mass fraction data

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