Why does water from a shower the same temperature as the room feel colder?
In: Physics
Water transfers heat much faster than air, and takes more energy to heat up. So when you’re on contact with air, the air absorbs your heat slowly, but changes temperature pretty quickly. You’re not surrounded by a blanket of warm air. In water, the water absorbs your heat quickly, and takes a lot of heat to warm up to skin temperature. When you’re feeling hot or cold, you’re not feeling *temperature* you’re feeling heat enter/leave your body.
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