Table 1.

Physical properties of water and blood

Property	Water	Blood	Units
Density ρ	1000	1050 [25]	kg/m3
Specific heat c	4190 [26]	3850 [25]	J/(kg · K)
Thermal conductivity k	0.61 [27]	0.53 [28]	W/(m · K)
Thermal diffusivity α = k/ρc	1.4 × 10-7	1.3 × 10-7	m2/s
Absolute viscosity μ	7 × 10-4 [26]	3.5 × 10-3 [29]	Pa · s
Kinematic viscosity ν = μ/ρ	7 × 10-7	3.3 × 10-6	m2/s
Coefficient of thermal expansion β	2.1 × 10-4 [26]	4.0 × 10-4 [30]	K-1