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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jun 18.
Published in final edited form as: Technol Cancer Res Treat. 2008 Dec;7(6):449–456. doi: 10.1177/153303460800700606

Table I.

Material composition and properties for Monte Carlo dose calculations.

Material Composition
Z A [Da] Medium toH20 Stopping Power Density Range [g/cc]
H C N O P Ca Ar Min Max
1 - 0.000 0.784 0.211 - - 0.005 7.262 14.548 1.110 − ∞ 0.095
2 0.130 0.105 0.031 0.749 0.002 - - 6.999 13.872 0.996 0.095 0.879
3 0.117 0.697 0.001 0.189 - - - 5.826 11.544 0.995 0.879 0.997
4 0.107 0.120 0.024 0.755 0.001 - - 7.050 13.996 1.013 0.997 1.057
5 0.097 0.465 0.025 0.355 0.019 0.041 - 7.010 13.951 1.024 1.057 1.152
6 0.089 0.424 0.027 0.365 0.030 0.064 - 7.479 14.910 1.040 1.152 1.247
7 0.075 0.357 0.031 0.384 0.049 0.106 - 8.355 16.695 1.054 1.247 1.342
8 0.066 0.314 0.033 0.396 0.061 0.131 - 8.886 17.779 1.068 1.342 1.437
9 0.059 0.277 0.035 0.406 0.071 0.154 - 9.348 18.721 1.079 1.437 1.533
10 0.052 0.245 0.037 0.414 0.080 0.173 - 9.753 19.548 1.090 1.533 1.628
11 0.046 0.216 0.039 0.422 0.087 0.191 - 10.111 20.279 1.100 1.628 1.723
12 0.041 0.190 0.040 0.429 0.094 0.206 10.430 20.930 1.117 1.723 1.818
13 0.036 0.167 0.042 0.435 0.101 0.220 10.716 21.513 1.125 1.828 1.913
14 0.044 0.200 0.054 0.559 0.132 0.029 8.657 17.403 1.129 1.914 + ∞