An interesting fact I came across...

SonixOS · 08-27-2002, 02:13 PM

Hey guys, I was doing my summer reading last night (school started today) and I came across this interesting fact. Our bodies use evaporative cooling everyday when we sweat! Heat is removed from our bodies using phase change from liquid to gas. I personally found it very interesting and this fact can be used to explain evaporative cooling to n00bs. I personally had a hard time understanding bong cooling. But ofcourse, that was a long time before I found the Pro/Forums

Joe · 08-27-2002, 02:38 PM

hehe they meantion that Sweat has the exact same chemical composition as urine, just more water and oils?

Sorta funny when you think about it hehehe

But yeh Evap cooling is used all over including us

cmfic · 08-27-2002, 03:19 PM

@ least you are paying attn. !!!!!!!!!!!!

Brians256 · 08-27-2002, 04:40 PM

I haven't read the link, but I was really fascinated and simultaneously grossed out when I found out (many years ago) that the skin performs the same dumping function as the kidneys. If your kidneys shut down, you sweat more because it's essentially the same thing as urine.

Skin: your body's backup kidneys.

cmfic · 08-27-2002, 05:03 PM

I don't know what A and P book you are reading but take out both your kidneys and see just how far you get!!!!!!!!!!!

Brians256 · 08-27-2002, 05:35 PM

Oh no! I am not saying that the skin can REPLACE the kidneys, but they can work as a stopgap for a brief time. Kind of like putting a hand pump onto a medium sized boat as a replacement for the BIG bilge pumps. It won't substitute for long, but it can hold off catastrophic failure in the hopes that the real thing can be brought back online.

ItsSoLARGE · 08-27-2002, 10:21 PM

ahh yes the wonders of AP bio...

SonixOS · 08-28-2002, 12:14 AM

BTW- The book I read was an IB Bio book, I think its used by AP ppl too just a different Edition. Ours is black, and theirs is green stripe and beige.

08-27-2002, 02:13 PM	#1
SonixOS Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 282	An interesting fact I came across... Hey guys, I was doing my summer reading last night (school started today) and I came across this interesting fact. Our bodies use evaporative cooling everyday when we sweat! Heat is removed from our bodies using phase change from liquid to gas. I personally found it very interesting and this fact can be used to explain evaporative cooling to n00bs. I personally had a hard time understanding bong cooling. But ofcourse, that was a long time before I found the Pro/Forums __________________ -sonix- ======================= Antec SX830 Abit KR7A-133 MSI Geforce3 Ti200 VT128 TV-IN and TV-OUT Sound Blaster Audigy Linksys LNE100 V2.0 Toshiba DVD Drive 40x/16x IBM Deskstar 60GXP 60gig Watercooled http://www.sonixnet.tk =======================

08-27-2002, 02:38 PM	#2
Joe The Pro/Life Support System Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 4,041	hehe they meantion that Sweat has the exact same chemical composition as urine, just more water and oils? Sorta funny when you think about it hehehe But yeh Evap cooling is used all over including us __________________ Joe - I only take this hat off for one thing... ProCooling archive curator and dusty skeleton.

08-27-2002, 03:19 PM	#3
cmfic Banned Troll Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: North Central Washington State Posts: 26	Attn. @ least you are paying attn. !!!!!!!!!!!!

08-27-2002, 05:03 PM	#5
cmfic Banned Troll Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: North Central Washington State Posts: 26	Skin and kidneys I don't know what A and P book you are reading but take out both your kidneys and see just how far you get!!!!!!!!!!!

08-27-2002, 10:21 PM	#7
ItsSoLARGE Cooling Savant Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: So Cal Posts: 125	ahh yes the wonders of AP bio... __________________ Plumber's Goop: The Watercooler's Duct Tape

08-27-2002, 04:40 PM	#4
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	I haven't read the link, but I was really fascinated and simultaneously grossed out when I found out (many years ago) that the skin performs the same dumping function as the kidneys. If your kidneys shut down, you sweat more because it's essentially the same thing as urine. Skin: your body's backup kidneys.

08-27-2002, 05:35 PM	#6
Brians256 Pro/Staff Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Klamath Falls, OR Posts: 1,439	Oh no! I am not saying that the skin can REPLACE the kidneys, but they can work as a stopgap for a brief time. Kind of like putting a hand pump onto a medium sized boat as a replacement for the BIG bilge pumps. It won't substitute for long, but it can hold off catastrophic failure in the hopes that the real thing can be brought back online.

08-28-2002, 12:14 AM	#8
SonixOS Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Silver Spring, MD Posts: 282	BTW- The book I read was an IB Bio book, I think its used by AP ppl too just a different Edition. Ours is black, and theirs is green stripe and beige. __________________ -sonix- ======================= Antec SX830 Abit KR7A-133 MSI Geforce3 Ti200 VT128 TV-IN and TV-OUT Sound Blaster Audigy Linksys LNE100 V2.0 Toshiba DVD Drive 40x/16x IBM Deskstar 60GXP 60gig Watercooled http://www.sonixnet.tk =======================

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