2.8. Materials
The material database contains about 500 predefined compounds with about 300 of them together with the Sternheimer parameters, damage thresholds and optical properties. You can use this database as a REFERENCE only. Please VERIFY always the correctness of the information

Search: Narrow down the list by filtering with a text Group: Materials group according to their use Material List: List of filtered materials
2.8.1. Material Properties
- Title:
A user defined title for the material
- Notes:
A user defined notes for the material
- Names:
A list of possible names to be used for the material when inserted in the input
2.8.2. Ribbon
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2.8.3. Stoichiometry

- Composition:
Select between “atom”, “mass”, “volume” Automatic rescaling occurs when changing the type
- State:
Solid, Gas, or Liquid
- Density:
Material density in g/cm3
2.8.4. Table
- Z:
Atomic charge of each isotope in the compound
- A:
Atomic mass of each isotope in the compound
- El:
Isotope symbol
- Name:
Name of isotope
- Frac:
Atom, mass or volume fraction of the isotope
All entries in the table are editable and either Z, El, or Name can be used to define the isotope
Group List of groups that the isotope belongs to
2.8.5. Properties
- Pressure (atm):
Pressure in atmospheres for gasses
- Rhor Factor:
- Ionization Potential (eV):
- DPA Atomic Displacement Energy (eV):
Damage threshold of material
- b_arcdpa:
Nordlund18 b_arcdpa parameter
- c_arcdpa:
Nordlund18 c_arcdpa parameter
2.8.6. Sternheimer parameters:
- Cbar, X0, X1, a, m, d0:
(Please look the FLUKA card
STERNHEI
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