Radiofrequency Radiation Dosimetry Handbook - Fourth Edition
Table 9.11.
Currents Through the Wrist and Finger for Maximum SAR = 8 W/kg.
(Cross-sectional areas are for non-bony regions of respective parts of the body.)
(Gandhi et al., 1984)
Frequency (kHz)
Conductivity of Muscle* (S/m)
Current Density (A/m
2
)
Wrist (cross-sectional area = 17 x 10
-4
m
2
)**
Finger (cross-sectional area = 1.22 x 10
-4
m
2
)***
10
0.132
32.5
55.2
3.96
100
0.494
62.9
106.9
7.67
1000
0.550
66.3
112.7
8.09
* From Durney et al., 1980.
** A. C. Eycleshymer, 1911.
*** J. Sobotta and F. H. J. Figge, 1967.