SDD Materials : Water


Component Fraction by weight A Z (Z/A) Density
[g/cm3]
Radiation Length
[cm]
Radiation Length
[g/cm2]
H2 0.111898 1.00794 1. 0.99212 0.0000899 731000. 61.280
O2 0.888102 15.9994 8. 0.50002 0.0013298 25740. 34.24
H2O   14.3219   7.21671 0.50389 1.00 36.0184 36.0184
 
H2O from PDG       0.55509 1.00 36.1     36.1    
(1) The composition by volume has ben taken from here .

Calculation performed using the method described here and imposing the density.

The corresponding definition of this material in

 /* $Id: AliITSvPPRasymm.cxx,v 1.70 2003/08/14 20:24:51 nilsen Exp $ */ 
is :
   AliMaterial(12,"WATER$",0.14322E+02,0.72167E+01,0.10000E+01,0.35759E+02,0.94951E+02); 

 
 
 
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