Apparent viscosity of human blood in a high static magnetic field

This study investigates the apparent additive viscosity due to magnetic eff ects on the human blood. Experimental results show that blood flow rate und er gravity decreases by 30% when subjected to a high magnetic field of 10T. The decrease in the flow rate is due to an increase in the apparent viscos ity of the blood due to the magnetic field. A correlation describing the vi scosity of blood under these conditions is introduced which depends on the Langevin function and parameters. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.