Table 1 Volume and mass of oxygen irradiated by proton, helium, carbon, and oxygen beams impinging on five samples of water plus sugar.
Sample | Water 130 g | +25 g sucrose | +50 g sucrose | +75 g sucrose | +130 g sucrose | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Protons | Energy | \(\rho \) (g cm−3) | 1 | 1.04 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 1.21 |
Spot size 17.4 mm | 90.7 MeV | V (cm3) | 14 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 12.2 |
\({\text{m}}_{{O}_{2}}\) (g) | 12.5 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 10.3 | ||
Helium | Energy | \(\rho \) (g cm−3) | 1 | 1.04 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 1.21 |
Spot size 10.2 mm | 92 MeV/u | V (cm3) | 5.19 | 4.94 | 4.78 | 4.64 | 4.41 |
\({\text{m}}_{{O}_{2}}\) (g) | 4.61 | 4.26 | 4.08 | 3.97 | 3.74 | ||
Carbon | Energy | \(\rho \) (g cm−3) | 1 | 1.04 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 1.21 |
Spot size 5.9 mm | 169.2 MeV/u | V (cm3) | 1.56 | 1.50 | 1.46 | 1.41 | 1.35 |
\({\text{m}}_{{O}_{2}}\) (g) | 1.39 | 1.29 | 1.25 | 1.21 | 1.15 | ||
Oxygen | Energy | \(\rho \) (g cm−3) | 1 | 1.04 | 1.09 | 1.14 | 1.21 |
Spot size 4.9 mm | 119.2 MeV/u | V (cm3) | 1.15 | 1.08 | 1.05 | 1.03 | 0.98 |
\({\text{m}}_{{O}_{2}}\) (g) | 1.03 | 0.93 | 0.90 | 0.88 | 0.83 | ||
