Electron Penetration in Acrylic: Energy & Equation

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Depending on energy, how far will an Electron penetrate a block of acrylic? If you have any clue or where I could begin to formulate the equation thank you.
 
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Well, I'd imagine that you'd need the ionisation
cross-section and the density of the material.
Or, for a full solution, some very complicated, abviously
energy dependent, solution of the wave equation.

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