Atomic and nuclear properties of plate glass
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.49731     
Specific gravity 2.400 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 145.4 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.684 MeV g-1cm2 4.040 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 66.1 g cm-2 27.53 cm
Nuclear interaction length 99.6 g cm-2 41.50 cm
Pion collision length 92.7 g cm-2 38.63 cm
Pion interaction length 130.5 g cm-2 54.36 cm
Radiation length 25.66 g cm-2 10.69 cm
Critical energy 47.48 MeV (for e-) 46.14 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 11.46 g cm-2 4.775 cm
Plasma energy ωp 31.48 eV   
Muon critical energy 671. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
O
8
1.00
0.459800
Na
11
0.15
0.096441
Si
14
0.42
0.336553
Ca
20
0.09
0.107205
* 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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