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According to international protocol recommendations, ionometric measurements and film dosimetry were performed on an SP34 slab phantom at various electron energies. Scaling factor analysis using ionometric measurements yielded a depth scaling factor of 0.923 and a fluence scaling factor of 1.019 at an electron beam energy of &lt;10 MeV (i.e., R<jats:sub>50<\/jats:sub> &lt; 4.0 g\/cm<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>). It was confirmed that the water-equivalent characteristics were similar because they have values similar to white polystyrene (i.e., depth scaling factor of 0.922 and fluence scaling factor of 1.019) presented in international protocols. Furthermore, percentage depth dose (PDD) curve analysis using film dosimetry showed that when the density thickness of the SP34 slab phantom was assumed to be water-equivalent, it was found to be most similar to the PDD curve measured using an ionization chamber in water as a reference medium. Therefore, we proved that the international protocol recommendation that no correction for measured depth dose is required means that no scaling factor correction for the plastic phantom is necessary. 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