Rutherford backscattering at two different angles on multilayer targets is used to measure the stopping cross sections of helium in four amorphous hydrogenated silicon carbide compounds (a-SixC1-x:H) in the energy range from 200 keV to 1600 keV. The measured stopping cross sections are compared to the values calculated by means of Bragg's rule. It is found that C-H and Si-C chemical bonding effects limit the validity of this additivity law whereas the influence of Si-H bonds is small in these ternary compounds.
Leblanc, L., Ross, G., Gollier, PA., & Bertrand, P. (1996). Measured stopping cross sections for helium in a-SixC1-x:H compounds near their maximum values. Nuclear Instruments & Methods in Physics Research. Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms, 111(1-2), 17-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/0168-583X(95)01290-7 (Original work published 1996)