Stopping power measurements for O, F and Si ions in Mylar by a transmission technique

Electronic energy loss of charged particles in materials is a fundamental process responsible for the unique response of materials in applications of advanced nuclear power, radiation detectors and advanced processing of electronic devices. In this study, stopping powers of ¹⁶O, ¹⁹F and ²⁸Si heavy ions crossing thin Mylar foils have been determined in transmission geometry. The energy loss was measured over a continuous range of energies from 1.6 to 5.5 MeV/n (MeV per nucleon) using the data that was tagged by a surface barrier detector (SBD) with and without stopping foils. We have compared the obtained stopping values to those predicted by SRIM-2008 computer code, ICRU-73 stopping data tables and MSTAR calculations. The effective charge values of these heavy ions have been also deduced from the experimental set of data.