Atomic and nuclear properties of gadolinium silicate (Gd2SiO5)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.43069     
Specific gravity 6.710 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 405.4 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.330 MeV g-1cm2 8.926 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 90.4 g cm-2 13.47 cm
Nuclear interaction length 147.2 g cm-2 21.94 cm
Pion collision length 116.6 g cm-2 17.38 cm
Pion interaction length 179.0 g cm-2 26.67 cm
Radiation length 9.26 g cm-2 1.380 cm
Critical energy 13.09 MeV (for e-) 12.67 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 15.00 g cm-2 2.235 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 48.99 eV   
Muon critical energy 219. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
Gd
 64
2.00
0.744233
Si
 14
1.00
0.066462
O
8
5.00
0.189305
* 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
Note: Ieff calculated using the ICRU37 Table 5.1 algorithm for liquids and solids