Atomic and nuclear properties of yttrium aluminum oxide (2) (Y₃Al₅O₁₂)

Quantity	Value	Units	Value	Units
<Z/A>	0.46831
Specific gravity	4.560	g cm-3
Mean excitation energy	218.0	eV
Minimum ionization	1.521	MeV g-1cm2	6.935	MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length	74.3	g cm-2	16.30	cm
Nuclear interaction length	115.5	g cm-2	25.32	cm
Pion collision length	100.9	g cm-2	22.14	cm
Pion interaction length	146.9	g cm-2	32.21	cm
Radiation length	16.11	g cm-2	3.533	cm
Critical energy	26.46	MeV (for e-)	25.67	MeV (for e+)
Molière radius	12.91	g cm-2	2.831	cm
Plasma energy ℏωp	42.11	eV
Muon critical energy	405.	GeV

Composition:

Elem	Z	Atomic frac*	Mass frac
Y	39	3.00	0.449308
Al	13	5.00	0.227263
O	8	12.00	0.323428
* 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