Table 9

Reference levels for the general public from [11].
Council Recommendation of 12 July 1999 Reference levels for electric, magnetic and electromagnetic fields (0 Hz to 300 GHz, unperturbed rms values)
Frequency range
 E-field strength (V/m)
 H-field strenght (A/m)
 B-field (μT)
 Equivalent plane wave power density Seq (W/m2)
0–1 Hz
 -
 3,2 × 104
 4 × 104
 -
1–8 Hz
 10 000
 3,2 × 104/f2
 4 × 104/f2
 -
8–25 Hz
 10 000
 4 000/f
 5000/f
 -
0,025–0,8 Hz
 250/f
 4/f
 5/f
 -
0,8–3 kHz
 250/f
 5
 6,25
 -
3–150 kHz
 87
 5
 6,25
 -
0,15–1 MHz
 87
 0,73/f
 0,92/f
 -
1–10 MHz
 87/f1/2
 0,73/f
 0,92/f
 -
10–400 MHz
 28
 0,073
 0,092
 2
400–2 000 MHz
 1,375 f1/2
 0,0037 f1/2
 0,0046 f1/2
 f/200
2–300 GHz
 61
 0,16
 0,20
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