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Table 2. List of materials for PSTAR and ASTAR

Elements     Compounds and Mixtures
  1 Hydrogen
  2 Helium
  4 Beryllium
  6 Carbon, Amorphous (density 2.0 g/cm3)
  6 Graphite (density 1.7 g/cm3)
  7 Nitrogen
  8 Oxygen
10 Neon
11 Sodium
13 Aluminum
14 Silicon
18 Argon
22 Titanium
26 Iron
29 Copper
32 Germanium
36 Krypton
42 Molybdenum
47 Silver
50 Tin
54 Xenon
64 Gadolinium
74 Tungsten
78 Platinum
79 Gold
82 Lead
92 Uranium
A-150 Tissue-Equivalent Plastic
Acetylene
Adipose Tissue (ICRP)
Air, Dry (near sea level)
Aluminum Oxide
B-100 Bone-Equivalent Plastic
Bone, Compact (ICRU)
Bone, Cortical (ICRP)
C-552 Air-Equivalent Plastic
Calcium Fluoride
Carbon Dioxide
Cellulose Nitrate
Ceric Sulfate Dosimeter Solution
Cesium Iodide
Ethylene
Ferrous Sulfate Dosimeter Solution
Glass, Pyrex
Kapton Polyimide Film
Lithium Fluoride
Lithium Tetraborate
M3 Wax
MS20 Tissue Substitute
Muscle, Skeletal (ICRP)
Muscle, Striated (ICRU)
Muscle-Equivalent Liquid, with Sucrose
Muscle-Equivalent Liquid, without Sucrose
Nylon, type 6 and type 6/6
Paraffin Wax
Photographic Emulsion
Plastic Scintillator (Vinyltoluene based)
Polycarbonate (Makrolon, Lexan)
Polyethylene
Polyethylene Terephthalate (Mylar)
Polymethyl Methacralate (Lucite, Perspex, Plexiglas)
Polypropylene
Polystyrene
Polytetrafluoroethylene (Teflon®)
Polyvinyl Chloride
Propane
Silicon Dioxide
Sodium Iodide
Stilbene
Tissue-Equivalent GAS (Methane based)
Tissue-Equivalent GAS (Propane based)
Toluene
Water, Liquid
Water Vapor

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