Atomic and nuclear properties of sodium iodide (NaI)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.42697     
Specific gravity 3.667 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 452.0 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.305 MeV g-1cm2 4.785 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 93.1 g cm-2 25.38 cm
Nuclear interaction length 154.6 g cm-2 42.16 cm
Pion collision length 118.2 g cm-2 32.23 cm
Pion interaction length 183.8 g cm-2 50.11 cm
Radiation length 9.49 g cm-2 2.588 cm
Critical energy 13.37 MeV (for e-) 12.94 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 15.05 g cm-2 4.105 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 36.06 eV   
Muon critical energy 228. GeV   
Melting point 933.2 K 660.0 C
Boiling point @ 1 atm 1577. K 1304. C
Index of refraction (Na D) 1.775     
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
Na
 11
1.00
0.153373
I
53
1.00
0.846627
* calculated from mass fraction data

For muons, dE/dx = a(E) + b(E) E. Tables of b(E): PDF TEXT
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