A blood analog for laser-induced photochemical anemometry.
A transparent viscoelastic blood analog fluid was developed for use with Laser-Induced Photochemical Anemometry. To provide solubility of the photochemical tracer, 1', 3', 3'-trimethyl-6-nitroindoline-2-benzopyran (TNSB dye, Kodak Chemicals), the analog solvent needed to be nonpolar, thus currently available aqueous blood analogs were not suitable. An analog consisting of 0.04% ethylhydroxyethylcellulose dissolved in gamma-butyrolactone produced a pseudoplastic steady shear response with low elasticity in unsteady shear, while being compatible with the photochemical tracer.
Sharp
M K
MK
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City 84112, USA. m.k.sharp@m.cc.utah.edu
Cook
J
J
McCarvill
W T
WT
Lee
C S
CS
Arieta
F
F
Tarbell
J M
JM
D001802:Blood Substitutes; D018056:Hemorheology; D006801:Humans; D007834:Lasers; D008954:Models, Biological; D010777:Photochemistry; D014783:Viscosity
D001802:Blood Substitutes