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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Neural Eng. 2012 Jul 4;9(4):046009. doi: 10.1088/1741-2560/9/4/046009

Table 1.

Electrical and thermal conductivities used in bioheat model.

Ref. Materials Electrical
conductivity
σ(S/m)
Thermal
Conductivity
k (W/m °C )
DBS Lead [26,34-37] Insulation (80A urethane) 10−10 0.026
Electrodes (Platinum/Iridium
Pt 90/ Ir 10) and coil.
4*106 31
[37-39] Lead core (air) 10−20 0.027
Thermocouple [36-39] Insulation (Teflon) 10−12 0.24
Tip (Copper-Constantan) 5.9*107
Salinea 0.35 0.85
a

Saline (34 mM NaCl), electrical and thermal conductivities were measured