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what's the maximum energy of electrons that 20cm of holmium can block?

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kinetic energy of particle |  incident particle | e^- (electron) radiation absorber | holmium thickness | 20 cm
kinetic energy of particle | incident particle | e^- (electron) radiation absorber | holmium thickness | 20 cm

Result

886 GeV (gigaelectronvolts)
886 GeV (gigaelectronvolts)

Comparison as energy for 886 GeV

 ≈ 3.3 × initial per beam operating energy of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron in 1981 ( ≈ 4.3×10^-8 J )
≈ 3.3 × initial per beam operating energy of the CERN Super Proton Synchrotron in 1981 ( ≈ 4.3×10^-8 J )
 ≈ 7.1 × mass-energy of a Higgs boson particle ( 1 m_H^0 c^2 )
≈ 7.1 × mass-energy of a Higgs boson particle ( 1 m_H^0 c^2 )
 ≈ 9.5 × mass-energy equivalent of a Z boson ( ≈ 1.5×10^-8 J )
≈ 9.5 × mass-energy equivalent of a Z boson ( ≈ 1.5×10^-8 J )

Comparison as kinetic energy for 886 GeV

 ≈ 0.89 × approximate kinetic energy of a flying mosquito ( ≈ 1.6×10^-7 J )
≈ 0.89 × approximate kinetic energy of a flying mosquito ( ≈ 1.6×10^-7 J )

Absorber material properties

atomic number (Z) | 67 atomic mass number (A) | 164.93033 〈Z/A〉 | 0.4062321 nuclear collision length (λ_T) | 107.2 g/cm^2 nuclear interaction length (λ_I) | 185.3 g/cm^2 radiation length (X_0) | 7.23 g/cm^2 minimum ionization (- dE/ dx |_ min) | 1.17 MeV/(g/cm^2) density | 8.8 g/cm^3 mean excitation energy | 650 eV Molière radius | 17.31 g/cm^2 pion collision length | 130.9 g/cm^2 pion interaction length | 212.3 g/cm^2 plasma energy | 54.47 eV
atomic number (Z) | 67 atomic mass number (A) | 164.93033 〈Z/A〉 | 0.4062321 nuclear collision length (λ_T) | 107.2 g/cm^2 nuclear interaction length (λ_I) | 185.3 g/cm^2 radiation length (X_0) | 7.23 g/cm^2 minimum ionization (- dE/ dx |_ min) | 1.17 MeV/(g/cm^2) density | 8.8 g/cm^3 mean excitation energy | 650 eV Molière radius | 17.31 g/cm^2 pion collision length | 130.9 g/cm^2 pion interaction length | 212.3 g/cm^2 plasma energy | 54.47 eV