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. 2021 Feb 19;8(2):691–704. doi: 10.1093/jcde/qwab008

Table 1:

Alveolar volumes and lateral surface areas, for the real lung and for the Zygote Q3D lung (FRC ∼ 2600 cc).

Generation Volume (cc) Real lung lateral surface area (cm2) Q3D lung lateral surface area (cm2) Lateral area scaling factor
16 9.225 885.9 212.6 4.16
17 14.161 1469.1 225.1 6.52
18 19.180 2117.5 270.2 7.83
19 30.585 3526 292 12.06
20 51.1711 6033 404.86 14.9
21 92.1176 10860 560.5 19.37
22 159.252 19205 734.4 26.14
23 296.077 35714 1154 30.9
24 1775.59 420323 4238 99.1