Research Article
A Study on the Effect of Metabolic Heat Generation on Biological Tissue Freezing
Table 1
Thermal properties of tissues [
13,
23].
| | Parameter | Value |
| | Density of unfrozen tissue (kg/m3) | 1050 | | Density of frozen tissue (kg/m3) | 921 | | Specific heat of unfrozen tissue (J/kg °C) | 3770 | | Specific heat of frozen tissue (J/kg °C) | 1800 | | Thermal conductivity of unfrozen tissue (W/m °C) | 0.5 | | Thermal conductivity of frozen tissue (W/m °C) | 2 | | Latent heat (KJ/kg) | 250 | | The phase change temperature (°C) | −8 | | Arterial blood temperature (°C) | 37 | | Length of tissue (m) | 0.04 |
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