Fig. 11.
Irreversible stretching time tI.S. as a function of Stot for RBC groups in various alcohol-saline solutions. Experimental data are represented by symbols, which are fitted by theoretical curves in solid lines. RBC (100 μl) was mixed with saline solutions (5 ml) of No alcohol 0% (Black square), 0.1% ethyl alcohol (Red circle), 0.5% ethyl alcohol (Blue triangle), and 5% ethyl alcohol (Magenta nabla). The numbers of measured RBC at 0%, 0.1%, 0.5%, and 5.0% are 80, 58, 84, and 76, respectively. The error bars represent standard deviations. Here we used the constraints strain ε of 1.1, and viscosity ηRBC of 2.5 μN·s/m. The numerical values shown at fitted curves are the shear moduli μRBC (μN/m).