Atomic and nuclear properties of sodium chloride (NaCl)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.47910     
Specific gravity 2.170 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 175.3 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.594 MeV g-1cm2 3.459 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 71.2 g cm-2 32.79 cm
Nuclear interaction length 110.1 g cm-2 50.76 cm
Pion collision length 97.0 g cm-2 44.71 cm
Pion interaction length 139.7 g cm-2 64.36 cm
Radiation length 21.91 g cm-2 10.09 cm
Critical energy 38.50 MeV (for e-) 37.39 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 12.07 g cm-2 5.560 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 29.38 eV   
Muon critical energy 561. GeV   
Melting point 1075. K 802.0 C
Boiling point @ 1 atm 1738. K 1465. C
Index of refraction (Na D) 1.544     
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
Na
 11
1.00
0.393375
Cl
 17
1.00
0.606626
* calculated from mass fraction data

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