Deadly heat – When people have sweated out

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In times of climate change, strange things emerge from physics books, surrounded by the aura of the 19th century. Old things suddenly become relevant again, such as the so-called wet bulb temperature.

Yes, the wet bulb temperature. No, no jokes please, this is not the temperature of a sweating bald man, this is a serious matter, for some people even deadly serious… If you put a thermometer outside, it indicates the temperature of the air. Now ancient physicists came up with the strange idea of ​​wrapping the thermometer in cotton wool and keeping it constantly moist. What happens now? The temperature drops – to the so-called wet bulb temperature, FKT for short.

Source: Krone

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