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XRayMassAttenuationCoefficients
Table2.Materialconstantsandcompositionassumedinthepresentevaluationsforcompoundsand
mixtures.ThecompositionsofvarioushumantissueswastakenfromICRUReport44(1989).
ValuesaregivenforthemeanratioofatomicnumbertomassZ/A,themeanexcitationenergyI,
andthedensity.Somedensityvaluesareonlynominal.
Material

<Z/A>

I
(eV)

A150TissueEquivalentPlastic

Density Composition
(g/cm3)

0.54903 65.1 1.127E+00

AdiposeTissue(ICRU44)

0.55579

64.8

9.500E01

Air,Dry(nearsealevel)

0.49919

85.7

1.205E03

Alanine

0.53876

71.9

1.424E+00

B100BoneEquivalentPlastic

0.52740

85.9

1.450E+00

Bakelite

0.52792

72.4

1.250E+00

Blood,Whole(ICRU44)

0.54999

75.2

1.060E+00

Bone,Cortical(ICRU44)

0.51478

112.0

1.920E+00

http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/tab2.html

(Z:fraction
byweight)
1:0.101330
6:0.775498
7:0.035057
8:0.052315
9:0.017423
20:0.018377
1:0.114000
6:0.598000
7:0.007000
8:0.278000
11:0.001000
16:0.001000
17:0.001000
6:0.000124
7:0.755268
8:0.231781
18:0.012827
1:0.079192
6:0.404437
7:0.157213
8:0.359157
1:0.065473
6:0.536942
7:0.021500
8:0.032084
9:0.167415
20:0.176585
1:0.057444
6:0.774589
8:0.167968
1:0.102000
6:0.110000
7:0.033000
8:0.745000
11:0.001000
15:0.001000
16:0.002000
17:0.003000
19:0.002000
26:0.001000
1:0.034000
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6:0.155000
7:0.042000
8:0.435000
11:0.001000
12:0.002000
15:0.103000
16:0.003000
20:0.225000
Brain,Grey/WhiteMatter(ICRU44)

0.55239

73.9

1.040E+00

BreastTissue(ICRU44)

0.55196

70.3

1.020E+00

C552AirequivalentPlastic

0.49969

86.8

1.760E+00

CadmiumTelluride

0.41665

539.3

6.200E+00

CalciumFluoride

0.48671

166.0

3.180E+00

CalciumSulfate

0.49948

152.3

2.960E+00

15mmolL1CericAmmoniumSulfateSolution

0.55282

76.7

1.030E+00

CesiumIodide

0.41569

553.1

4.510E+00

Concrete,Ordinary

0.50932

124.5

2.300E+00

Concrete,Barite(TYPEBA)

0.45714

248.2

3.350E+00

http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/tab2.html

1:0.107000
6:0.145000
7:0.022000
8:0.712000
11:0.002000
15:0.004000
16:0.002000
17:0.003000
19:0.003000
1:0.106000
6:0.332000
7:0.030000
8:0.527000
11:0.001000
15:0.001000
16:0.002000
17:0.001000
1:0.024681
6:0.501610
8:0.004527
9:0.465209
14:0.003973
48:0.468358
52:0.531642
9:0.486672
20:0.513328
8:0.470081
16:0.235534
20:0.294385
1:0.107694
7:0.000816
8:0.875172
16:0.014279
58:0.002040
53:0.488451
55:0.511549
1:0.022100
6:0.002484
8:0.574930
11:0.015208
12:0.001266
13:0.019953
14:0.304627
19:0.010045
20:0.042951
26:0.006435
1:0.003585
8:0.311622
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EyeLens(ICRU44)

0.54709

74.3

1.070E+00

FerrousSulfateStandardFricke

0.55334

76.3

1.024E+00

GadoliniumOxysulfide

0.42265

493.3

7.440E+00

GafchromicSensor

0.54384

67.2

1.300E+00

GalliumArsenide

0.44246

384.9

5.310E+00

Glass,Borosilicate(Pyrex)

0.49707

134.0

2.230E+00

Glass,Lead

0.42101

526.4

6.220E+00

LithiumFluride

0.46262

94.0

2.635E+00

LithiumTetraborate

0.48485

94.6

2.440E+00

LungTissue(ICRU44)

0.55048

75.2

1.050E+00

MagnesiumTetroborate

0.49012

108.3

2.530E+00

http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/tab2.html

12:0.001195
13:0.004183
14:0.010457
16:0.107858
20:0.050194
26:0.047505
56:0.463400
1:0.096000
6:0.195000
7:0.057000
8:0.646000
11:0.001000
15:0.001000
16:0.003000
17:0.001000
1:0.108376
8:0.878959
11:0.000022
16:0.012553
17:0.000035
26:0.000055
8:0.084527
16:0.084704
64:0.830769
1:0.089700
6:0.605800
7:0.112200
8:0.192300
31:0.482030
33:0.517970
5:0.040066
8:0.539559
11:0.028191
13:0.011644
14:0.377220
19:0.003321
8:0.156453
14:0.080866
22:0.008092
33:0.002651
82:0.751938
3:0.267585
9:0.732415
3:0.082081
5:0.255715
8:0.662204
1:0.103000
6:0.105000
7:0.031000
8:0.749000
11:0.002000
15:0.002000
16:0.003000
17:0.003000
19:0.002000
5:0.240870
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8:0.623762
12:0.135367
MercuricIodide

0.40933

684.5

6.360E+00

Muscle,Skeletal(ICRU44)

0.55000

74.6

1.050E+00

Ovary(ICRU44)

0.55149

75.0

1.050E+00

PhotographicEmulsion(KodakTypeAA)

0.48176

179.0

2.200E+00

PhotographicEmulsion(StandardNuclear)

0.45453

331.0

3.815E+00

PlasticScintillator,Vinyltoluene

0.54141

64.7

1.032E+00

Polyethylene

0.57033

57.4

9.300E01

PolyethyleneTerephthalate,(Mylar)

0.52037

78.7

1.380E+00

PolymethylMethacrylate

0.53937

74.0

1.190E+00

Polystyrene

0.53768

68.7

1.060E+00

Polytetrafluoroethylene,(Teflon)

0.47993

99.1

2.250E+00

PolyvinylChloride

0.51201

108.2

1.406E+00

RadiochromicDyeFilm,NylonBase

0.54987

64.5

1.080E+00

http://physics.nist.gov/PhysRefData/XrayMassCoef/tab2.html

53:0.558560
80:0.441440
1:0.102000
6:0.143000
7:0.034000
8:0.710000
11:0.001000
15:0.002000
16:0.003000
17:0.001000
19:0.004000
1:0.105000
6:0.093000
7:0.024000
8:0.768000
11:0.002000
15:0.002000
16:0.002000
17:0.002000
19:0.002000
1:0.030500
6:0.210700
7:0.072100
8:0.163200
35:0.222800
47:0.300700
1:0.014100
6:0.072261
7:0.019320
8:0.066101
16:0.001890
35:0.349104
47:0.474105
53:0.003120
1:0.085000
6:0.915000
1:0.143716
6:0.856284
1:0.041960
6:0.625016
8:0.333024
1:0.080541
6:0.599846
8:0.319613
1:0.077421
6:0.922579
6:0.240183
9:0.759818
1:0.048382
6:0.384361
17:0.567257
1:0.101996
6:0.654396
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7:0.098915
8:0.144693
Testis(ICRU44)

0.55200

74.7

1.040E+00

Tissue,Soft(ICRU44)

0.54996

74.7

1.060E+00

Tissue,Soft(ICRUFourComponent)

0.54975

74.9

1.000E+00

TissueEquivalentGas,MethaneBased

0.54992

61.2

1.064E03

TissueEquivalentGas,PropaneBased

0.55027

59.5

1.826E03

Water,Liquid

0.55508

75.0

1.000E+00

1:0.106000
6:0.099000
7:0.020000
8:0.766000
11:0.002000
15:0.001000
16:0.002000
17:0.002000
19:0.002000
1:0.102000
6:0.143000
7:0.034000
8:0.708000
11:0.002000
15:0.003000
16:0.003000
17:0.002000
19:0.003000
1:0.101174
6:0.111000
7:0.026000
8:0.761826
1:0.101873
6:0.456177
7:0.035172
8:0.406778
1:0.102676
6:0.568937
7:0.035022
8:0.293365
1:0.111898
8:0.888102

Abstract|Introduction|MassAtten.Coef.|MassEnergyAbsorp.Coef.|Summary|References

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