| Material |
| Material |
|
| A-150 Tissue-Equivalent Plastic |
| Glass, Lead |
| Adipose Tissue (ICRU-44) | Lithium Fluride |
| Air, Dry (near sea level) | Lithium Tetraborate |
| Alanine | Lung Tissue (ICRU-44) |
| Bakelite | Magnesium Tetroborate |
| Blood, Whole (ICRU-44) | Mercuric Iodide |
| Bone, Cortical (ICRU-44) | Muscle, Skeletal (ICRU-44) |
| B-100 Bone-Equivalent Plastic | Ovary (ICRU-44) |
| Brain, Grey/White Matter (ICRU-44) | Photographic Emulsion, Kodak Type AA |
| Breast Tissue (ICRU-44) | Photographic Emulsion, Standard Nuclear |
| C-552 Air-equivalent Plastic | Plastic Scintillator, Vinyltoluene |
| Cadmium Telluride | Polyethylene |
| Calcium Fluoride | Polyethylene Terephthalate, "Mylar" |
| Calcium Sulfate | Polymethyl Methacrylate |
| 15 mmol L-1 Ceric Ammonium Sulfate Solution | Polystyrene |
| Cesium Iodide | Polytetrafluoroethylene, "Teflon" |
| Concrete, Ordinary | Polyvinyl Chloride |
| Concrete, Barite (Type BA) | Radiochromic Dye Film, Nylon Base |
| Eye Lens (ICRU-44) | Testis (ICRU-44) |
| Ferrous Sulfate, Standard Fricke | Tissue, Soft (ICRU-44) |
| Gadolinium Oxysulfide | Tissue, Soft (ICRU Four-Component) |
| Gafchromic Sensor | Tissue-Equivalent Gas, Methane Based |
| Gallium Arsenide | Tissue-Equivalent Gas, Propane Based |
| Glass, Borosilicate "Pyrex" | Water, Liquid |
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, and the mass energy-absorption coefficient,
, as a function of photon energy, for compounds and mixtures. The compositions of various human tissues were taken from ICRU Report 44 (1989). Absorption edges for the constituent atoms are indicated by the atomic number and shell designation.
