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raydiatian | 2 years ago

100C? Where we boil water? ;)

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MobiusHorizons|2 years ago

Yes. Actually 100C. The sauna i usually go to goes up to 240F (115C). The reason this doesn’t immediately scald you is that air has a tiny fraction of the specific heat of water, so the energy being transferred to the skin is at a much lower level. You can reject a large portion of this heat by sweating

KeplerBoy|2 years ago

It's not an issue. The dry air insulates fairly well, so your body heats up slowly and you can last a few minutes.

wongarsu|2 years ago

Also in dry air evaporation cooling is very effective, so sweating gets rid of a lot of the heat before it can build up in your body