Table B.1.
Literature values of relevant dielectric [71, 74], acoustic [72, 74], and thermal properties [74] of muscle and fat
| US | RF/microwave | Physical | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2–8 MHz | 13.56 MHz | 27 MHz | 433 MHz | 915 MHz | |||
| Muscle | εr [−] | – | 138 | 95.9 | 56.87 | 55.00 | – |
| σ [S/m] | – | 0.628 | 0.654 | 0.81 | 0.95 | – | |
| α/f [dB/cm/MHz] | 1.1 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| c [m/s] | 1588.4 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| ρ[kg/m3] | – | – | – | – | – | 1090 | |
| cp [J/kg/K] | – | – | – | – | – | 3421 | |
| k [W/m/K] | – | – | – | – | – | 0.49 | |
| Fat | εr [−] | – | 25.4 | 18 | 11.6 | 11.3 | – |
| σ [S/m] | – | 0.055 | 0.06 | 0.08 | 0.11 | – | |
| α/f [dB/cm/MHz] | 0.6 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| c [m/s] | 1440.2 | – | – | – | – | – | |
| ρ[kg/m3] | – | – | – | – | – | 911 | |
| cp [J/kg/K] | – | – | – | – | – | 2348 | |
| k [W/m/K] | – | – | – | – | – | 0.21 | |
Where ε r [−] is relative dielectric constant, σ [S/m] is electric conductivity, α/f [dB/cm/MHz] is attenuation per frequency, c [m/s] speed of sound, ρ [kg/m3] is material density, c p is specific heat capacity [J/kg/K], k is thermal conductivity [W/m/K]