How does sweat cool us down?

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I always assumed the way sweat cooled us was how the water on the outside of our skin cools off and in turn cools the skin down however I don’t get why the air that cools the sweat cant cool our bodies especially if our skin can heat that sweat just as fast or faster than the air can cool it.

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Because when it dries, it takes heat away from our body. The sweat on your skin turns into vapor and disappears into the air, and this helps cool you down.

Air alone doesn’t cool us as much because the sweat drying takes more heat from our body than just air moving around.

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