SDD Materials : Air


Component(1) Fraction by weight A Z (Z/A) Density
[g/cm3]
Radiation Length
[cm]
Radiation Length
[g/cm2]
N2 0.755207 14.0067 7. 0.49976 0.001165 32622. 37.9900
O2 0.231422 15.9994 8. 0.50019 0.001330 25740. 34.24
Ar 0.012882 39.948 18. 0.45059 0.001661 11772. 19.55
CO2 0.000477 14.9108 7.45418 0.49991 0.001829 19789. 36.1972
Ne 0.000013 20.1797 10. 0.49555 0.000839 34486. 28.93
Air (20°C, 1 atm)   14.8026 7.3734 0.49811 0.001204 30410. 36.6160
 
Air (20°C, 1 atm)
from PDG
      0.49919 0.001205 30423. 36.66    
(1) The composition by volume has ben taken from here .

Calculation performed using the method described here

The corresponding definition of this material in

 /* $Id: AliITSvPPRasymm.cxx,v 1.70 2003/08/14 20:24:51 nilsen Exp $ */ 
is :
   AliMaterial(10,"SDD AIR$",0.14610E+02,0.73000E+01,0.12050E-02,0.30423E+05,0.99900E+03); 

 
 
 
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