Atomic and nuclear properties of sodium nitrate (NaNO3)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.49415     
Specific gravity 2.261 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 114.6 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.705 MeV g-1cm2 3.855 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 62.8 g cm-2 27.79 cm
Nuclear interaction length 93.1 g cm-2 41.19 cm
Pion collision length 89.7 g cm-2 39.69 cm
Pion interaction length 124.5 g cm-2 55.06 cm
Radiation length 32.70 g cm-2 14.46 cm
Critical energy 61.09 MeV (for e-) 59.40 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 11.35 g cm-2 5.020 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 30.46 eV   
Muon critical energy 830. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
N
7
1.00
0.164795
O
8
3.00
0.564720
Na
 11
1.00
0.270485
* 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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