Electronic Stopping Powers of Formvar and Mylar Polymeric Materials for Heavy Ions: LSS Modified Theory and Monte Carlo Simulation

The stopping power of Formvar and Mylar polymeric materials for energy region (0.1 to 1.0) MeV/nucleon F-19, Na-23, Mg-24, Al-27, Si-28, P-31, S-32, Cl-35, and Ar-40 ions have been determined. The energy loss and stopping power of Mylar were calculated for B-11 having energies between 0.31 and 0.85 MeV/nucleon. In fact, the factor xi(e) and exponential function f(E) involved in Lindhard, Scharff, and Schiott (LSS) theory has been modified in light of the available simulation electronic stopping power values. The results obtained by the LSS modified theory and Monte Carlo simulations are compared with MSTAR, the SRIM predictions code, and experimental data. The obtained results show a close agreement qualitatively with MSTAR, experimental data, and those generated by the SRIM computer code.