  By using an experimental setup based on thin and thick double-sided
microstrip silicon detectors, it has been possible to identify the
fragmentation products due to the interaction of very high energy primary ions
on different targets. Here we report total and partial cross-sections measured
at GSI (Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung), Darmstadt, for 500 MeV/n energy
$^{12}C$ beam incident on water (in flasks), polyethylene, lucite, silicon
carbide, graphite, aluminium, copper, iron, tin, tantalum and lead targets. The
results are compared to the predictions of GEANT4 (v4.9.4) and FLUKA (v11.2)
Monte Carlo simulation programs.
