| Literature DB >> 16002318 |
Dieter Haemmerich1, Icaro dos Santos, David J Schutt, John G Webster, David M Mahvi.
Abstract
We measured the specific heat of liver tissue in vitro by uniformly heating liver samples between two electrodes. We insulated the samples by expanded polystyrene, and corrected for heat loss and water loss. The specific heat of the liver is temperature-dependent, and increases by 17% at 83.5 degrees C (p < 0.05), compared to temperatures below 65 degrees C. The average specific heat was 3411 J kg(-1)K(-1) at 25 degrees C, and 4187 J kg(-1)K(-1) at 83.5 degrees C. Water loss from the samples was significant above 70 degrees C, with approximately 20% of reduction in sample mass at 90 degrees C.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 16002318 DOI： 10.1016/j.medengphy.2005.04.020
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Med Eng Phys ISSN： 1350-4533 Impact factor: 2.242