Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook - Fourth Edition
Table 4.8. Conductivity (S/m) of Various Body Tissues
(Letters designate footnotes for Table 4.8)
Frequency
(MHz)

Muscle
Heart
Muscle

Liver

Lung*

Spleen

Kidney

Brain
Fatty
Tissue

Bone
Bone
Marrow
Whole
Blood

Skin
10-5 0.104a 0.104a 0.082-0.119a 0.09a --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
10-4 0.114a 0.108a 0.094-0.125a 0.091a --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
10-3 0.121-0.125a 0.118-0.133a 0.103-0.13a 0.1-0.25a 0.233-0.385g --- 0.125-0.2e 0.02-0.067a --- --- 0.602b ---
0.102f 0.111-0.12e 0.063-0.1e 0.053-0.071e --- 0.182-0222g 0.680d
0.077-0.143g 0.641-0.833e
0.556-0.769h
10-2 0.132a 0.167a 0.118-0.146a 0.105a --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.680d ---
0.114f
10-1 0.4-0.588i 0.417-0.526i 0.217a 0.5-0.606i 0.2-0.4i 0.37-0.667i 0.118-0.217i --- --- --- 0.680d ---
0.192f 0.182-0.455i
0.125-0.182g
0.238j
1 0.476-0.625i 0.435-0.556i 0.238-0476i 0.357-0.667i 0.263-0.435i 0.4-0.714i 0.143-0.233i 0.714d ---
0.4f 0.182-0.25g
0.25j
10 0.588-0.667i 0.556-0.714i 0.385-0.556i 0.667-0.909i 0.588-0.667i 0.588-0.833i 0.222-0.333i --- --- --- 1.111d ---
0.40j
25 0.47-0.99ee --- 0.476-0.541t --- 0.93ee 0.83ee 0.455t --- --- 0.02-0.036t ---- ---
50 0.68-0.885t --- 0.513-0.578t 0.222-0.38t 0.662-0.781t 0.69-1.111t 0.476-0.526t 0.04-0.059t --- 0.02-0.036t --- ---
102 0.769-1.0k 0.588-0.769i 0.69-0.833k 0.769-1.053k 0.952-1.176k 0.833-1k 0.435-0.625k 0.08-0.085k --- 0.019-0.024c 1.220l 0.21-0.625u
0.625-0.833i 0.78-0.92u 0.5-0.667i 0.714-1.0i 0.667-0.909i 0.667-1.0i 0.333-0.5i 0.067i 0.02-0.033m 0.667-0.833c
0.5-0.714c 0.476-0.556c 0.77-1.15u 0.667c 0.625-0.769c 0.385-0.455c 0.023-0.045c 0.02-0.035v 1-1.25m
0.667-0.833m 0.556-0.667m 0.833m 0.714-1.111m 0.5-0.556m 0.04-0.059m 1-1.25v
0.85-1.04u 0.63-0.87u 0.96-1.16u 0.85-1.0u 0.45-0.625u 0.083u
0.68-0.85v 0.56-0.65v 0.83-0.84v 0.69-1.1v 0.41-0.59v 0.04-0.058v
2 x 102 0.952-1.053t 0.87-1.053t 0.667-0.909t 0.625t --- 0.69t --- 0.029-0.095t --- --- 1.042y ---
0.833-0.909y 0.769-0.909y 0.588-0.80y 0.526y 0.962y 0.02-0.067y
3 x 102 0.909-0.952y 0.833-0.952y 0.645-0.833y 0.613y --- 1.02y --- --- --- --- 1.11y ---
4 x 102 0.91-1.176t 1-1.176t 0.769-0.952t 0.714t --- 1.176t --- 0.036-0.111t --- --- 1.099y ---
0.952-1.0y 0.87-1.0y 0.667-0.833y 0.613y --- 1.02y 0.075-0.77y
6 x 102 1-1.064y 0.87-1.053y 0.714-0.909y 0.741y --- 1.064-1.11y --- --- --- --- 1.087y ---
7 x 102 1.22-1.37t 1.053-1.28t 0.87-1.176t 0.769t --- 1.299-1.316t --- --- --- --- 1.176y ---
1.075-1.49y 0.909-1.082y 0.769-1.0y 0.658y --- 1.11-1.12y
45.6x
9 x 102 1.19-1.235y 1-1.205y 0.833-1.087y 0.73y --- 1.22-1.235y --- 0.029-0.091y --- --- 1.25y ---
103 1.266-1.333n 1-1.205o 0.943-1.02n 0.730o --- 1.22-1.235o --- 0.071-0.143n 0.05n 0.043-0.1n 1.389-1.563n ---
1.19-1.235o 1-1.087o 0.29-0.91o 1.250o
1.299p 1.0p 0.04p 57.7aa
56.0bb
1.77 x 103 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.753z ---
1.753aa
1.753bb
1.78 x 103 2.245x --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.270x 0.149x --- --- 1.926x
2.98 x 103 2.984x --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.341x 0.219x --- --- 2.244x
2.99 x 103 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 3.310z ---
2.844aa
2.645bb
3.0 x 103 2.174-2.336t --- 2.0-2.041t --- --- --- 3.0dd 0.111-0.227t --- 0.116-0.225t 2.503w 2.754w
0.267w
3.59 x 103 3.186x --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.309x 0.258x --- --- 2.557x
4.63 x 103 4.808x --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.381x 0.335x --- --- 3.606x
8.5 x 103 8.333t --- 5.882-6.667t --- --- --- --- 0.27-0.417t --- 0.167-0.476t --- ---
9.39 x 103 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 13.95z ---
12.02aa
10.29bb
9.43 x 103 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 0.498w 0.761w --- 12.066w 8.394w
1 x 104 8.333n --- 5.882-6.667n --- --- --- --- 0.27-0.417n 0.667n 0.5-1.667n 9.091n ---
7.692q 0.476q 0.769q 1.0q 10.526q
8.0cc 0.57cc 10.753r
2.362 x 104 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- 1.445w 1.445w --- 26.28w 17.082w
2.377 x 104 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- 32.79aa --
34.38bb
* Partially or totally deflated, except material described in Footnote a (Schwan, 1956b).
a Dog, material in situ at body temperature (Schwan, 1956b, 1957, 1963a)
b Sheep, material at 18ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a)
c Beef and pork, excised material at 20ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
d Rabbit, at room temperature (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
e Rabbit, excised material at 37ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
f Rabbit, excised piece at room temperature Schwan, 1956b, 1963a)
g Man and various animals, excised pieces and minced material at 23ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 19634).
h Sheep, 18ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
i Man, minced material at 23ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
j Rabbit, minced material at 23ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
k Man, minced material at 37ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
l Sheep, at 20ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
m Beef and pork, excised material at 37ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1957, 1963a).
n Dog and horse, blood and excised tissues measured at 38ºC, except bone and bone marrow at
25ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1957, 1963a; Schwan and Piersol, 1954).
o Man, excised piece at 27ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
p Beef, minced material at 22ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
q Man, excised piece at 37ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
r Man, excised material at 35ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
s Frog, excised piece at 25ºC (Schwan, 1956b, 1963a).
r Various body tissues at 37ºC (Schwan, 1957; Schwan and Piersol, 1954; Schwan and Li, 1953).
u Human tissues at 37ºC (Rajewski, 1938).
v Animal tissues at 37ºC (Rajewski, 1938).
w Human tissues, taken from surgical operations, at 37ºC (England, 1950).
x Human tissues at 37ºC (Cook, 1952).
y Human autopsy, material of normal composition at 27ºC (Schwan and Li, 1953).
z Human blood containing average cells in concentration 4.9 x 10^6 per mm³ , at 15ºC (Cook, 1951).

aa Human blood containing average cells in concentration 4.9 x 10^6 per mm³, at 25ºC (Cook, 1951).
bb Human blood containing average cells in concentration 4.9 x 10^6 per mm³ at 35ºC (Cook, 1951)
cc Biological material (Swicord et al., 1976).
dd Human brain at 37ºC (Schwan, 1957).
ee Animal tissues at 37ºC (Stoy et al., 1982).