Stopping powers of Be, Al, Ti, V, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Rh, Ag, Sn, Ta, Pt and Au For 6.5 MeV protons

Abstract

The stopping powers of Be, Al, Ti, V, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Mo, Rh, Ag, Sn, Ta, Pt and Au for 6.5 MeV have been measured using a surface barrier silicon detector. The accuracy of the results is ± 0.3%. The detail of the experimental procedures is described. The results have been compared with the Risø data and the Aarhus data of Andersen et al. The present results for Al, Cu and Ag agree very well with the Aarhus results at 6.5 MeV. The mean excitation energy has been extracted from the present results using the Bonderup shell correction, the Barkas correction and the Bloch correction. The parameters x and b which appear in the Bonderup shell correction and the Barkas correction have been newly determined as x = 1.358 and b = 1.3. The present mean excitation energy agrees very well with the I values obtained by other authors. It has been confirmed that the Bonderup shell correction is quantitatively correct for 6.5 MeV protons.