Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook - Fourth Edition

Table 9.8. Threshold Currents For Perception When In Contact With The Copper-Plate Electrode And Threshold Incident Electric Fields For Perception When In Contact With Various Metallic Objects
(Gandhi et al., 1984)

Threshold Incident E-Field for Perception (V/m)




Frequency
kHz		 Threshold Current
for Perception
(Copper-Plate Electrode)
mA		 Series Impedance
(Rs - jXs)
of a Human		 Car
Cg=800 pF
S=26.4 m2		 Tractor
Cg=700 pF
S=18 m2		 Jeep
Cg=900
S=32.4 m2		 Wagon
Cg=1200 pF
S=39 m2		 Truck
Cg=1000 pF
S=101.9 m2		 Bus
Cg=2000 pF
S=117m2		 Metallic Roof
Cg=105 pF
S=8.39 m2
10 5.43 1250 - j782 385.4 562.7 315.5 266.4 100.9 92.7 1172.6
30 13.55 1004 - j385 329.2 478.6 270.6 231.5 86.9 83.8 976.6
100 74.55 775 - j151 581.5 829.5 484.5 432.8 157.8 176.3 1619.5
300 102.5 699 - j194 388.3 532.3 337.8 337.0 114.4 165.6 767.9
1000 100.25 766 - j135 287.0 373.7 260.3 282.9 87.9 154.1 258.5

* Average value for eight male subjects.

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