“…The lack of reliable information on X-ray attenuation and absorption coefficients revealed by several studies (Grodstein, 1957;Cooper, 1965) led to various experimental efforts towards accurate absorption measurements and theoretical tabulations of X-ray mass attenuation coefficients (Hubbell, 1969;Bearden, 1966;Kopfmann & Huber, 1968;McMaster et al, 1969;Kessler Jr et al, 1982;de Meulenaer & Tompa, 1965;Deslattes, 1969). The availability of advanced X-ray sources and development of improved theories have enhanced the development of experimental methodologies (Diaz-Moreno, 2012;Prešeren et al, 2001;Kurisaki et al, 2008;Chantler, 2009) particularly for structural analyses of materials using different sample types. Several particularly insightful and accurate X-ray absorption studies have been verified by developments in theory and by comparison of experimental results (Deslattes, 1959;Hughes et al, 1968;Gerward et al, 1979;Rao et al, 1981;Nathuram et al, 1988), claiming accuracy of around 1%, usually for ideal systems such as elemental metals or monoatomic solids.…”