\begin{table}%t1 \caption{\label{energies}Energy absorbed per unit mass of the polystyrene samples exposed to ion irradiation.} %\centerline {\small \begin{tabular}{c c c c c c c c} \hline\hline \noalign{\smallskip} \multicolumn{4}{c}{$2.55\times 10^{-2}$~$\mu$m; 400~keV Ar$^{++}$ } & \multicolumn{4}{c}{$5.71\times 10^{-2}$~$\mu$m; 200~keV H$^{+}$}\\ \hline \noalign{\smallskip} $S.P.$ total & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$1.58\times 10^{-12}$} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{$1.71\times 10^{-13}$}\\ $S.P.$ elastic & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$4.30\times 10^{-13}$} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{$1.31\times 10^{-16}$}\\ $S.P.$ inelastic & \multicolumn{3}{c}{$1.15\times 10^{-12}$} & \multicolumn{4}{c}{$1.71\times 10^{-13}$}\\ \hline $fl.$ & $D$ tot. & $D$ el. & $D$ inlel. & $fl.$ & $D$ tot. & $D$ el. & $D$ inel. \\ \hline\noalign{\smallskip} $6.3\times 10^{12}$ & 1.5 & 0.4 & 1.1 & $6.3\times 10^{13}$ & 1.6 & 0.001 & 1.6 \\ $3.8\times 10^{13}$ & 9.1 & 2.5 & 6.6 & $2.5\times 10^{14}$ & 6.6 & 0.005 & 6.6 \\ $7.5\times 10^{13}$ & 18.3 & 5.0 & 13.3 & $2.0\times 10^{15}$ & 52.7 & 0.040 & 52.7 \\ $1.5\times 10^{14}$ & 36.5 & 9.9 & 26.6 & $4.0\times 10^{15}$ & 105.5 & 0.080 & 105.4 \\ $6.0\times 10^{14}$ & 146.0 & 39.7 & 106.3 & $8.0\times 10^{15}$ & 211.0 & 0.161 & 210.8 \\ $5.2\times 10^{15}$ & 1274.8 & 346.8 & 928.0 & $1.6\times 10^{16}$ & 422.0 & 0.321 & 421.6 \\ \hline \end{tabular}} \tablefoot{$S.P.$ -- stopping power (eV~cm$^{2}$~mol$^{-1}$), $fl.$ -- fluence (ions/cm$^{2}$), $D$ -- dose (eV/(16 u)).} \end{table}