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. 2010 Sep;128(3):1511–1521. doi: 10.1121/1.3409476

Table 3.

Maximum expansion ratio, wall velocity and cavitation for hypothetical agents with 1 μm radius and 10 nm shell thickness as a function of material properties. Inertial cavitation is assumed to be present if the ratio of maximum to initial radius exceeds two.

  High shear modulus and viscosity Albumin Polymer Liquid Unit
GL 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.5 0.0 0.5 1.5 MPa
δmax 1.13 1.10 1.07 1.29 1.15 1.09 8.47 3.03 1.24 9.34 3.68 1.29 m∕s
V2 max+ 0.59 0.48 0.37 1.22 0.71 0.47 63.9 7.8 1.2 51.3 54.2 1.4 m∕s
V2 max 0.78 0.56 0.39 2.64 0.94 0.50 810.9 48.9 1.4 1135.7 158 1.7 m∕s
Cavitation No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No N∕A