Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook

Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook - Fourth Edition Table 4.7. Real Part of the Complex-Dielectric Constant
(Relative Permittivity) Of Various Body Tissues
(Letters designate footnotes for Table 4.7)

Frequency (MHz)	Muscle	Heart Muscle	Liver	Lung*	Spleen	Kidney	Brain	Fatty Tissue	Bone	Bone Marrow	Whole Blood	Skin

10^-5	2.5 x 10^6s	<7 x 10^6a	<1.6 x 10^7a	<8 x 10^6a	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
	< 1 x 10^7a

10^-4	8 x 10^5a	(8-8.2) x 10^5a	(8.5-9) x 10^5a	4.5 x 10^5a	---	---	---	1.5 x 10^5a	---	---	---	---
	10^6s

10^-3	1.3 x 10^5a	(3-3.2) x 10^5a	1.5 x 10^4a	9 x 10^4a	---	---	---	5 x 10^4a	---	---	2.9 x 10^3d	---
	1.7 x 10^5s
	1.0 x 10^5f

10^-2	(5-6) x 10^4a	1 x 10^5a	(5-6) x 10^4a	3 x 10^4a	---	---	---	2 x 10^4a	---	---	2.81 x 10^3d
	9 x 10^4s
	5 x 10^4f

10^-1	3 x 10^4s	---	7x10³-1.2x10^4g	---	---	1.2 x 10^4ee	3 x 10^3ee	---	---	---	2.74 x 103d	---
	2 x 10^4f

1	2 x 10^3f	---	1.2 x 10³-2 x 10^3g	---	---	2.5 x 10^3ee	870^ee	---	---	---	2.04 x 10^3d	---

10	179^ee	---	320^ee	---	---	465^ee	240^ee	---	---	---	200^d	---

25	103-115^t	---	136-138^t	---	>200^t	>200^t	>160^t	---	---	---	---	---

50	85-97^t	---	88-93^t	---	135-140^t	119-132^t	110-114^t	11-13t	---	6.8-7.7^t	---	---

1 x 10²	69-73^c	---	65-75^k	---	88-90^c	83-84c	70-75^c	8-13^k	---	6.8-7.7^v	72-74^c	---
	71-76^m	---	72-74^c	---	100-101^m	87-92^m	81-83^m	11-13^m			73-76^m

2 x 10²	56^t	59-63^t	50-56^t	35^t	---	62^t	---	4.5-7.5^t	---	---	---	---

3 x 10²	55-57^y	55-62^y	48-56^y	35^t	---	57-60^y	---	---	---	---	63^y	---

4 x 10²	52-54^t	52-56^t	44-51^t	35^t	---	53-55^t	---	4-7^t	---	---	64^y	---
	54-56^y	54-58^y	46-53^y	36^y		55-57^y
6 x 10²	55-56^y	54-58^y	46-53^y	36^y	---	54-56^y	---	---	---	---	62^y	---

7 x 10²	52-53^t	50-55^t	42-51^t	34^t	---	50-53^t	---	---	---	---	62^y
	55-56^y	53-58^y	46-54y	35^y		53-56^y

9 x 10²	53-55^y	53-57^y	44-52^y	35^y	---	53-56^y	---	3.2-6^y	---	---	63^y	---

1 x 10³	49-52ⁿ	53-57^o	46-47ⁿ	35^o	---	53-56^o	---	4.3-7.5ⁿ	8ⁿ	4.3-7.8n	58-62	---
	53-55^o		44-52^o					3.2-6^o			63^o
	61^p		50^p					9.5^p

1.77 x 10³	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	59.2^z	---
											56.8^aa
											56.2^bb

1.78 x 10³	51^x	---	---	---	---	---	---	9.7^x	8.4^x	---	---	45.6^x

2.98 x 10³	51^x	---	---	---	---	---	---	8.43^x	8.35^x	---	---	44.5^x

2.99 x 10³	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	59.9^z	---
											57.7^aa
											56.0^bb

3 x 10³	45-58^t	---	42-43^t	---	---	---	32^dd	3.9-7.2^t	---	4.2-5.8^t	---	---

3.59 x 10³	48.25^x	---	---	---	---	---	---	7.90^x	8.3^x	---	---	44.25^x

4.63 x 10³	47.33^x	---	---	--	--	---	---	6.56^x	7.83^x	---	---	41.53^x

8.5 x 10³	40-42^t	---	34-38^t	---	---	---	---	3.5-4.5^t	---	4.4-5.4^t	---	---

9.39 x 10³	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	42.4^z	---
											45.5^aa
											47.8^bb

9.43 x 10³	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	4.5^w	7.6^w	---	45^w	35.5^w

1 x 10⁴	40-42ⁿ	---	34-38ⁿ	---	---	---	---	3.5-3.9ⁿ	8.0ⁿ	4.4-6.6ⁿ	50-52ⁿ	---
	29^q							3.6^q	6.6^q	5.8^q	45^q
	45^cc								5.7^cc		48^r

2.362 x 10⁴	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	3.4^w	6.3^w	---	32^w	23^w

2.377 x 10⁴	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	25.0^aa	---
											30.2^bb

^*Partially or totally deflated, except material described in Footnote a (Schwan, 1956b).
^a Dog, material in situ at body temperature (Schwan, 1956b, 1957, 1963a)
^b Sheep, material at 18ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a)
^c Beef and pork, excised material at 20ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^d Rabbit, at room temperature (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^e Rabbit, excised material at 37ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^f Rabbit, excised piece at room temperature Schwan, 1956b, 1963a)
^gMan and various animals, excised pieces and minced material at 23ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 19634).
^h Sheep, 18ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
ⁱ Man, minced material at 23ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^jRabbit, minced material at 23ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^k Man, minced material at 37ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^l Sheep, at 20ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^m Beef and pork, excised material at 37ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1957, 1963a).
ⁿDog and horse, blood and excised tissues measured at 38ºC, except bone and bone marrow at

25ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1957, 1963a; Schwan and Piersol, 1954).
^o Man, excised piece at 27ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^p Beef, minced material at 22ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^qMan, excised piece at 37ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^r Man, excised material at 35ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^s Frog, excised piece at 25ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
^r Various body tissues at 37ºC (Schwan, 1957; Schwan and Piersol, 1954; Schwan and Li, 1953).
^u Human tissues at 37ºC (Rajewski, 1938).
^v Animal tissues at 37ºC (Rajewski, 1938).
^w Human tissues, taken from surgical operations, at 37ºC (England, 1950).
^x Human tissues at 37ºC (Cook, 1952).
^y Human autopsy, material of normal composition at 27ºC (Schwan and Li, 1953).
^z Human blood containing average cells in concentration 4.9 x 10^6 per mm³ , at 15ºC (Cook, 1951).

^aa Human blood containing average cells in concentration 4.9 x 10^6 per mm³, at 25ºC (Cook, 1951).
^bb Human blood containing average cells in concentration 4.9 x 10^6 per mm³ at 35ºC (Cook, 1951)
^cc Biological material (Swicord et al., 1976).
^dd Human brain at 37ºC (Schwan, 1957).
^ee Animal tissues at 37ºC (Stoy et al., 1982).

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