Heating Characteristics of Laboratory Animals Exposed to Ten-Centimeter Microwaves

Experimental animals were exposed to a 10-cm microwave field in order to study the heating and cooling characteristics of the entire animal and localized sensitive structures. The flanks of rats, rabbits and dogs were exposed and the whole body heating was observed. After heating, the cooling curve was determined. Similarly, restricted area fields were used to study heating and cooling of eyes and testes. Data on the heating and cooling rates were used to determine the most sensitive structures. The experimental findings, together with the values for some pertinent related factors from the literature, provide the basis for an estimation of the possible risks to man from exposure to microwaves.