THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY OF SALIVA AND TEARS OBTAINDED BY THERMAL

LENS SPECTROSCOPY
J. L. Gonzlez-Domnguez1, R. Carbajal-Valdez1, J. L. Jimnez-Prez2, A. Cruz-Orea1,
1 Departamento de Fsica, Centro de Investigacin y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, A. P. 14-740,
Mxico D.F., C.P. 07360, Mxico.
2 UPIITA-Instituto Politcnico Nacional, Av. Instituto Politcnico Nacional 2580. Barrio Laguna
Ticomn, 07340. Mxico D.F.

Thermal characterization of systems is a common concern for specialists, in that

sense, human body is not the exception. Thermal characterization of human tissues
has been widely studied and thermal physiology is the evidence of it. Thermal
characterization of human fluids have also been a matter of interest, not only for their
contribution to the total mean body temperature, but also for their predicting capacity
to detect sicknesses. The total mean body temperature (i) is defined as the sum of
the products of the heat capacities (cimi) and temperature of all tissues of the body
divided by the total heat capacity of the organism: Tb = i (cimiTi)/i (cimi). In this
work, the mismatched dual-beam configuration for thermal lens spectroscopy (TLS)
was used to obtain the thermal diffusivity of both artificial saliva and tears. TLS
experimental setup was calibrated with pure water whose thermal diffusivity is widely
reported to be 1.43 107 (m/s). Rhodamine was added to both fluids to enhance
the absorbance capacity of green laser by saliva and tears. Considering the
mathematical model for the thermal lens phenomenon and through experimental
data acquisition, the graphs of the intensity of the prove beam I(t) were obtained.
The theoretical equation of thermal lens was fitted to the experimental data in order
to obtain the thermal diffusivity of the mentioned human fluids. For the saliva it was
obtained a thermal diffusivity of 1.83 107 (m/s). In the case of tears it was
obtained a thermal diffusivity of 1.641 107 (m/s).

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Keywords: saliva, tears, thermal lens spectroscopy

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