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Total Atomic Stopping Power

Applicable units are those of quantitykind:TotalAtomicStoppingPower

The "Total Atomic Stopping Power" for an ionizing particle passing through an element, is the particle's energy loss per atom within a unit area normal to the particle's path; equal to the linear energy transfer (energy loss per unit path length) divided by the number of atoms per unit volume.

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$S_a = \frac{S}{n}$, where $S$ is the total linear stopping power and $n$ is the number density of the atoms in the substance.

The "Total Atomic Stopping Power" for an ionizing particle passing through an element, is the particle's energy loss per atom within a unit area normal to the particle's path; equal to the linear energy transfer (energy loss per unit path length) divided by the number of atoms per unit volume.

S_a