Abstract
From the theory of an electric network containing any combination of resistances and a single variable impedance element having a constant phase angle independent of frequency, it is shown that the graph of the terminal series reactance against the resistance is an arc of a circle with the position of the center depending upon the phase angle of the variable element. If it be assumed that biological systems are equivalent to such a network, the hypotheses are supported at low and intermediate frequencies by data on red blood cells, muscle, nerve, and potato. For some tissues there is a marked divergence from the circle at high frequencies, which is not interpreted.
Keywords
Electrical impedanceReactancePhase (matter)Phase angle (astronomy)MembranePhysicsDivergence (linguistics)ChemistryMathematical analysisMaterials scienceBiophysicsMathematicsOpticsBiologyVoltageBiochemistry
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- 1932
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- 15
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- 6
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- 641-649
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Kenneth S. Cole
(1932).
ELECTRIC PHASE ANGLE OF CELL MEMBRANES.
The Journal of General Physiology
, 15
(6)
, 641-649.
https://doi.org/10.1085/jgp.15.6.641
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- 10.1085/jgp.15.6.641