Material:Polystyrene

Polystyrene is a polymer with chemical structure (C₈H₈)_n. It's x-ray properties are typical of hydrocarbon polymers more generally.

Properties

• Density: ~1.0 g/cm³
• Neutron SLD: 1.345×10⁻⁶ Å⁻²

Material	density (g/cm3)	X-ray energy (keV)	X-ray wavelength (Å)	critical angle (°)	qc (Å−1)	SLD (10−6Å−2)
polystyrene	1.00	2.0	6.20	0.613	0.0217	9.34
		4.0	3.10	0.304	0.0215	9.21
		8.0	1.55	0.152	0.0214	9.15
		12.0	1.03	0.101	0.0214	9.13
		16.0	0.77	0.076	0.0214	9.13
		24.0	0.52	0.050	0.0214	9.12

See Also

• Wikipedia: Polystyrene