Atomic and nuclear properties of G10
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.51176     
Specific gravity 1.800 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 110.4 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.762 MeV g-1cm2 3.171 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 56.8 g cm-2 31.57 cm
Nuclear interaction length 78.4 g cm-2 43.55 cm
Pion collision length 84.6 g cm-2 47.03 cm
Pion interaction length 110.2 g cm-2 61.21 cm
Radiation length 32.17 g cm-2 17.87 cm
Critical energy 62.63 MeV (for e-) 60.90 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 10.89 g cm-2 6.050 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 27.66 eV   
Muon critical energy 852. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
B
5
0.01
0.018640
Mg
 12
0.00
0.010842
Al
 13
0.01
0.044453
Si
 14
0.02
0.151423
Ca
 20
0.01
0.081496
O
8
0.09
0.385764
H
1
1.00
0.275853
C
6
0.00
0.003583
N
7
0.01
0.027945
* 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
Note: Composition of E-Glass, Epotek 301-1, and G10
Note: FR4 is a fire-retardent version of G10 with 7--8% bromide.