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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Burns. 2016 Dec 5;43(5):909–932. doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2016.11.014

Table 7.

General look-up table for time/temperature vs. burn depth

Species Time (s) Pigs Rats
10 20 30 40 10 20 30
Temperature (°C)
50 None[48] None[48] None[48]
60 * DP[48] DP[48] DP[48]
70 DP[48] DP[48] DD[48]
80 DD[118] DP[48] DD[48] DD[48]
90(or about 90) DP[114] DD[114] DD[48] DD[48] F[48]
100 DP[109] DD[109] F[109] F[109] DD[48] F[48] F[48]
200 F[116]
*

‘S’ denotes superficial (first degree burns), ‘DP’ denotes deep partial burns (second degree), ‘DD’ denotes deep dermal burns (second degree), ‘F’ denotes full thickness burns (third degree).