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Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2012 Oct 29;317:321–330. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2012.10.025

Table 3.

Internal Effectiveness factors and Thiele modulus for 45% Hct

	Thiele Modulus		Internal Effectiveness
P_m, cm/s	k_Hb-NO=8.9×10⁷ M⁻¹s⁻¹	k_Hb-NO=2.5×10⁷ M⁻¹s⁻¹	k_Hb-NO=8.9×10⁷ M⁻¹s⁻¹	k_Hb-NO=2.5×10⁷ M⁻¹s⁻¹
0.0415	0.0177	0.0129	0.999979	0.999989
0.4	0.0410	0.0295	0.999888	0.999942
1	0.0488	0.0352	0.999841	0.999917
40	0.0581	0.0308	0.999775	0.999937

P_m is the NO permeability of the RBC membrane; k_Hb-NO is the reaction rate constant for NO-Hb reaction.