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Table 6 Estimation of the characteristics of the tissue doped with different concentrations (C, volume fraction) of a solution of 0.01% (wt) AuNPs and a solution 0.9% NaCl

From: Radiofrequency ablation combined with conductive fluid-based dopants (saline normal and colloidal gold): computer modeling and ex vivo experiments

Dopant	C (%)	Φ_D (× 10⁻⁹)	σ (S/m)	c (J/kg K)	k (W/m K)
	0 (non-doped)	0	0.2	3455	0.502
0.9% NaCl	1	−	0.219	3455	0.502
	2	−	0.238	3455	0.502
	5	−	0.297	3455	0.502
	10	−	0.394	3455	0.502
0.01 wt% AuNPs	1	54.15	0.271	3455	0.502
	2	108.30	0.342	3455	0.502
	5	270.75	0.555	3455	0.502
	10	541.50	0.910	3455	0.502

σ: electrical conductivity, c: specific heat, k: thermal conductivity, tissue properties estimated at 37 °C. In the case of AuNPs σ was estimated using the Φ_D value (volume fraction of solid AuNPs within the doped tissue); while that in the case of NaCl σ was estimated using Eq. (1) proposed in [9]

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