Atomic and nuclear properties of uranium monocarbide (UC)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.39194     
Specific gravity 13.63 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 862.0 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.105 MeV g-1cm2 15.06 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 113.1 g cm-2 8.301 cm
Nuclear interaction length 195.5 g cm-2 14.35 cm
Pion collision length 137.3 g cm-2 10.08 cm
Pion interaction length 224.5 g cm-2 16.47 cm
Radiation length 6.26 g cm-2 0.4592 cm
Critical energy 7.10 MeV (for e-) 6.84 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 18.69 g cm-2 1.371 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 66.60 eV   
Muon critical energy 136. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
C
6
1.00
0.048036
U
92
1.00
0.951964
* calculated from mass fraction data

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