Thermal Responses to High-Frequency Electromagnetic Radiation Fields.

Abstract

Monkeys were exposed to fields of 1000, 750, and 500 mW/sq cm. at 26 MHz in a coaxial transmission line for 6 hours. An immediate rise in skin and rectal temperature, with subsequent cooling, was noted. Rectal temperature reached an equilibrium after about 1.5 hours of exposure. This equilibrium was maintained throughout the remainder of the explosure period. Thermoregulatory mechanisms activated as a result of exposure to even the highest power (1000 mW/sq cm.) appear adequate to dissipate the imposed heat load. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA032179

Entities

People

  • James A. Ratliff
  • James H. Merritt
  • James W. Frazer
  • Richard H. Hartzell
  • Stewart J. Allen

Organizations

  • United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Facilities
  • Animals
  • Calibration
  • Climate Change
  • Critical Temperature
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Frequency
  • Laboratory Animals
  • Measurement
  • Monkeys
  • Perturbations
  • Power Levels
  • Primates
  • Radiation
  • Thermistors
  • Transmission Lines

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering
  • Thermal Physics or Thermal Science.