Atomic and nuclear properties of tissue-equivalent gas (Propane based)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.55027     
Specific gravity (20° C, 1 atm) 1.826E-03 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 59.5 eV   
Minimum ionization 2.068 MeV g-1cm2 3.778E-03 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 57.6 g cm-2 3.153E+04 cm
Nuclear interaction length 81.6 g cm-2 4.470E+04 cm
Pion collision length 85.1 g cm-2 4.660E+04 cm
Pion interaction length 113.6 g cm-2 6.220E+04 cm
Radiation length 40.91 g cm-2 2.240E+04 cm
Critical energy 109.50 MeV (for e-) 107.13 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 7.92 g cm-2 4338. cm
Plasma energy ωp 0.91 eV   
Muon critical energy 1335. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
1.00
0.102672
C
6
0.47
0.568940
N
7
0.02
0.035022
O
8
0.18
0.293366
* 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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