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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Oct 1.
Published in final edited form as: Cryobiology. 2012 May 3;65(2):117–125. doi: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.04.011

Table 1.

Coefficients of best-fit polynomial approximation of thermal strain, ε = a2T2 + a1T + a0, and the thermal expansion, β = 2a2T + a1, where R2 is the coefficient of determination.

Solution Material Temperature Range, °C a0 × 104 a1 × 104 a2 × 107 R2 n Source
DP6 Pure solution 0…−55 2.472 1.992 2.705 0.9967 6 Current
Bovine muscles 0…−45 −4.276 1.957 11.50 0.9915 7 Current
Goat Artery 20…−40.5 −44.47 1.653 10.41 0.9984 6 [24]
DP6 + 12% PEG400 Pure Solution 0…−95 −4.959 2.313 −0.2188 0.9991 6 Current
Bovine Muscle 0…−85 9.822 2.118 1.697 0.9845 6 Current
Goat Artery 0…−80 −4.866 2.392 1.777 0.9896 6 Current
DP6 + 6% 1,3-CHD Pure Solution 0…−80 0.2699 1.957 −0.6272 0.9963 7 Current
Bovine Muscle 0…−80 −13.66 2.175 4.411 0.9823 7 Current
Goat Artery 0…−80 −5.477 2.232 1.054 0.9974 5 Current
DP6 + 6% 2,3 Butanediol Pure Solution 0…−90 4.518 2.080 0.6309 0.9932 6 Current
Bovine Muscle 0…−85 −11.17 2.094 1.431 0.9895 6 Current
Goat Artery 0…−90 −11.04 1.912 0.7383 0.9937 5 Current