Atomic and nuclear properties of xylene (C8H10)
QuantityValueUnits ValueUnits
<Z/A> 0.54631     
Specific gravity 0.8700 g cm-3   
Mean excitation energy 61.8 eV   
Minimum ionization 1.986 MeV g-1cm2 1.728 MeV cm-1
Nuclear collision length 57.1 g cm-2 65.66 cm
Nuclear interaction length 80.8 g cm-2 92.90 cm
Pion collision length 84.6 g cm-2 97.28 cm
Pion interaction length 112.8 g cm-2 129.6 cm
Radiation length 44.05 g cm-2 50.63 cm
Critical energy 95.94 MeV (for e-) 93.43 MeV (for e+)
Molière radius 9.74 g cm-2 11.19 cm
Plasma energy ℏωp 19.87 eV   
Muon critical energy 1214. GeV   
Composition:
Elem ZAtomic frac* Mass frac
H
1
10.00
0.094935
C
6
8.00
0.905065
* calculated from mass fraction data

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