Graduate Plotting a Bragg Curve in SRIM

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To plot a Bragg curve for alpha particles in air, users can utilize the SRIM software's "stopping range / tables" feature to obtain range data. For a 239Pu alpha particle with an energy of 5.156 MeV, the calculated range is approximately 37.60 mm in air. The stopping power can be expressed in various units, including MeV/(mg/cm²). However, the software only allows input for elements like helium rather than alpha particles directly. Users seeking to create these plots should focus on the stopping power versus path length data provided by SRIM.
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I'd like to plot a Bragg curve for an alpha particle in air.

I'd like to make one plot for 239Pu (5.156 MeV alpha) and one plot for 238U (4.267 MeV).

Does anyone know how I can do this? I would like a basic plot of stopping power (MeV/cm) vs path length (cm).

Thank you
 
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It isn't a Bragg curve, but by clicking the "stopping range / tables" feature I can get the range data for the alpha particle (below). The only problem is I can only seem to input an element (e.g. helium) and not an alpha particle itself. Is 37.60 mm about right for a 5.156 MeV helium / alpha particle in air?==================================================================
SRIM version ---> SRIM-2013.00
Calc. date ---> January 01, 2019
==================================================================

Disk File Name = SRIM Outputs\Helium in Air, Dry (ICRU-104) (gas).txt

Ion = Helium [2] , Mass = 4.003 amu

Target Density = 1.2048E-03 g/cm3 = 4.9872E+19 atoms/cm3
Target is a GAS
======= Target Composition ========
Atom Atom Atomic Mass
Name Numb Percent Percent
---- ---- ------- -------
C 6 000.02 000.02
O 8 021.08 023.18
N 7 078.43 075.51
Ar 18 000.47 001.29
====================================
Bragg Correction = 0.00%
Stopping Units = MeV / (mg/cm2)
See bottom of Table for other Stopping units

Ion dE/dx dE/dx Projected Longitudinal Lateral
Energy Elec. Nuclear Range Straggling Straggling
-------------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ----------
5.16 MeV 7.533E-01 4.978E-04 37.60 mm 1.39 mm 828.87 um
-----------------------------------------------------------
Multiply Stopping by for Stopping Units
------------------- ------------------
1.2048E-02 eV / Angstrom
1.2048E-01 keV / micron
1.2048E-01 MeV / mm
1.0000E+00 keV / (ug/cm2)
1.0000E+00 MeV / (mg/cm2)
1.0000E+03 keV / (mg/cm2)
2.4158E+01 eV / (1E15 atoms/cm2)
2.1045E+00 L.S.S. reduced units
==================================================================
(C) 1984,1989,1992,1998,2008 by J.P. Biersack and J.F. Ziegler
 

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