Atomic and nuclear properties of adipose tissue (ICRP)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.55947     
Specific gravity 0.9200 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 63.2 eV   
Minimum ionization 2.029 MeV g-1cm2 1.867 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 57.1 g cm-2 62.06 cm
Nuclear interaction length 80.5 g cm-2 87.55 cm
Pion collision length 84.6 g cm-2 92.01 cm
Pion interaction length 112.5 g cm-2 122.3 cm
Radiation length 41.73 g cm-2 45.36 cm
Critical energy 92.67 MeV (for e-) 90.23 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 9.55 g cm-2 10.38 cm
Plasma energy ωp 20.67 eV   
Muon critical energy 1184. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
1.00
0.119477
C
6
0.45
0.637240
N
7
0.00
0.007970
O
8
0.12
0.232333
Na
11
0.00
0.000500
Mg
12
0.00
0.000020
P
15
0.00
0.000160
S
16
0.00
0.000730
Cl
17
0.00
0.001190
K
19
0.00
0.000320
Ca
20
0.00
0.000020
Fe
26
0.00
0.000020
Zn
30
0.00
0.000020
* 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