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Table 1.

List of materials and their corresponding PEGS data name. The PEGS data for dental amalgam, Eclipse alloy, and Ceramco C3 ceramic veneer were generated based on manufacturers' data sheets and the XCOM photon cross section data tables. ⁽²¹⁾ The densities of the 700ICRU materials were obtained from BEAM4nrc. ⁽¹⁶⁾

Material

PEGS data

Density

(g / {cm}^{3})

Tissue

ICRUTISSUE700ICRU

1.00

Bone/tooth

ICRPBONE700ICRU

1.101 – 2.088

Amalgam

DENTALAMALGAM

8.0

Eclipse alloy

ECLIPSE

13.8

Ceramco C3

CERAMCOC3

2.6

Steel

STEEL700ICRU

8.1

Air

AIR700ICRU

0.001 – 0.044