When you put your hand in a pan of boiling water it burns, and water boils at 100 degrees celsius. When going into a sauna you are entering a hot room which can reach higher temperatures so why doesn't skin blister?
2007-03-03 09:37:51 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
I don't think a sauna is at boiling point. If it were no one would survive.
2007-03-03 09:40:41 · answer #1 · answered by Samantha 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The sauna is never going to be 100 degrees celsius or hotter, becuase you would burn and die. Just breathing enough air that hot will burn your lungs. The fact that there is boiling water and some steam in there DOES NOT mean that the air temperature is >100 degrees celsius. Water AND air over 60 degrees celsius will start burning you.
On the other hand, very small amounts of both extremely hot and cold material will not hurt you. For example, you can pour small amounts of liquid nitrogen directly on your skin. Your body temperature causes it to evaporate immediately, so you feel a little chill but no harm is done, but if you dip you arm into liquid nitrogen it will freeze solid. This is why people can put out candles with two fingers--you just have to be quick about it. Similarly, even in a sauna, if you put your face right next to where the water is vaporized into steam, you will be okay as long as you do it for a very brief period of time.
2007-03-03 09:41:05 · answer #2 · answered by Some Body 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Some saunas heat the body and not the air so the air is not burning you. I don't think a sauna would heat you to 100 degrees.
2007-03-03 15:11:46 · answer #3 · answered by SmartGuy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont think the steam is at 100 degrees when it touches your body. if the original room temperature is 20 degrees celsius and the steam does actually come out at 100 (unlikely because steam can form at anything higher than 80 celsius) the steam begins to cool instantly and by the time it touches your body is significantly cooler than water's boiling point. i would say that it is why you don't burn.
2007-03-03 09:42:01 · answer #4 · answered by Chubbs20 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I believe a sauna has a maximum temperature of about 70°C.
It doesn't burn you because the air is very dry. It's the moisture combined with heat that causes burns.
However, you sweat a lot and the sweat is evaporating rapidly. This takes the heat out of your body to be used as latent heat in the vaporisation of the sweat. (Perspiration with ladies).
2007-03-03 14:33:40 · answer #5 · answered by Norrie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water has a higher specific heat capacity than air, meaning it can hold more energy per degree Celsius, so when you put your hand in the water, there is much more energy to be transferred to your hand.
Also, water is probably a better conductor of thermal energy
2007-03-03 09:40:41 · answer #6 · answered by MLBfreek35 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2017-03-01 05:44:03 · answer #7 · answered by lydia 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water burns at 100 degrees farenheit. 100 degrees celcius would kill you. 100 degrees f. doesn't burn in a sauna because it is steam and is in tiny water droplets that don't land on skin.
2007-03-03 09:41:32 · answer #8 · answered by anonymous 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Your body max sweats and you only ever stay there for between 5 ans 10 minutes, then you go and have a cold shower to call the body temperature down...
2007-03-03 09:51:06 · answer #9 · answered by minniemix 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You WOULD DIE within seconds if you went into a sauna at 100 degrees cesius!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Most are not much over 100 degrees F.
2007-03-03 09:49:26 · answer #10 · answered by Say What? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋