Stopping power measurements for 16O, 19F and 28Si 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.