id_media


                             Media Codes
                             ===========
 
Contact:  N. West.  Oxford
 
The generic media code mnemonics are held in id_media.inc. The MEDA offsets
refer to the MEDA titles bank of optical properties (see media.html for
instructions on how to obtain these from the MEDP_MEDA look-up table).
Also note that the generic "code" is equivalent to the EGS4 media number.


    Generic          Physical    MEDA
Code & Mnemonic     Media Code  Offset  Description
---------------     ----------  ------  -----------

                          1      1       Vacuum              
  1    IDMH2O           100      84      Light water         
  2    IDMD2O           200      167     Heavy water         
  3    IDMNOR           300      250     Norite              
  4    IDMACR           400      333     Acrylic (standard)  
                        401      416     Acrylic (good)      
                        402      499     Acrylic (bad 4 inch)
                        403      582     Acrylic (Poor)      
                        450      665     Acrylic (Dark)      
                        499      748     Acrylic (variable)  
  5    IDMNIC           500      831     Nickel              
  6    IDMSS            600      914     Stainless Steel            
                        601      997     PMT passive coating 
                        602      1080    Petals              
                        603      1163    Dynode stack        
  7    IDMPYR           700      1246    Pyrex/Glass               
  8    IDMAIR           800      1329    Air                 
  9    IDMALU           900      1412    Aluminium           
  10   IDMKEV          1000      1495    Kevlar              
  11   IDMMAG          1100      1578    Barium Ferrite Feroxdur (magnet material)
  12   IDMGAS          1200      1661    NCD counter gas         
  13   IDMABSW         1300      1744    Water/ABS sludge (for use in panels)
  14   IDMABSA         1400      1827    Air/ABS mix for use in panels             
  15   IDMPTC          1500      1910    Photocathode        
  16   IDMNAI          1600      1993    Sodium Iodide        
  17   IDMPOLYETH      1700      2076    Polyethylene       
  18   IDMCONCRETE     1800      2159    Concrete       
  19   IDMPLASTICSCINT 1900      2242    Plastic Scintillator
  20   IDMQUARTZ       2000      2325    Quartz
  21   IDMLEAD         2100      2408    Lead
  22   IDMGERMANIUM    2200      2491    Germanium
  23   IDMCOPPER       2300      2574    Copper
  24   IDMARGON        2400      2657    Argon
  25   IDMPTFE         2500      2740    PTFE
  26   IDMHE3NCDGAS    2600      2823    He3 NCD gas
  27   IDMHE4NCDGAS    2700      2906    He4 NCD gas
  28   IDMARCO2        2800      2989    Argon CO2 mixture
  29   IDMMINERALOIL   2900      3072    Mineral Oil
  30   IDMEPOXYGE      3000              SNO Ge detector epoxy resin
  31   IDMKCL          3100              SNO Ge detector potassium chloride

    For more information see media.html

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