Atomic and nuclear properties of yttrium silicon oxide (Y₂SiO₅)

Quantity	Value	Units	Value	Units
<Z/A>	0.46171
Specific gravity	4.540	g cm-3
Mean excitation energy	258.1	eV
Minimum ionization	1.482	MeV g-1cm2	6.730	MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length	78.3	g cm-2	17.24	cm
Nuclear interaction length	123.5	g cm-2	27.20	cm
Pion collision length	104.8	g cm-2	23.08	cm
Pion interaction length	154.8	g cm-2	34.10	cm
Radiation length	13.81	g cm-2	3.042	cm
Critical energy	22.10	MeV (for e-)	21.43	MeV (for e+)
Molière radius	13.25	g cm-2	2.918	cm
Plasma energy ℏωp	41.72	eV
Muon critical energy	347.	GeV

Composition:

Elem	Z	Atomic frac*	Mass frac
Y	39	2.00	0.621949
Si	14	1.00	0.098237
O	8	5.00	0.279813
* 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