Thought I'd attempt to change the header into something more sensible. Seems
to be a forgotten virtue on the list. ;o)
I guess leathal temperatures depend on the material you are in contact with.
In water of 10C you'd be dying of hypothermia within minutes of exposure.
Whereas a workout in the open air at 10C wouldn't be too much of a problem.
So besides the heat transfer coefficient of the material you are in contact
with it also depends on other conditions like expenditure of energy to keep
your core temperature stable. Also I guess that someones own tolerance to
heat or cold is a factor. Inuit can stand cold a lot better (they are
designed for the cold climates they live in) than someone from the African
continent would.
Sonja
Charlie Bell schreef:
> > > You can't survive 46 degrees indefinitely.
> >
> > I'll buy that. It wasn't, however, clear that that's what you meant
> > by "death to humans", especially in context with ones that were more
> > an instant gauge of the temperature.
> >
> > --
> > Andrea Leistra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> True. It was me throwing a factoid in for dramatic effect. ;o) Probably
> watched too many B-movies recently... "Oh no! They've got a plank of wood
> with a nail in it!"
>
> Hmmm... I wonder at what temperature Instant Death occurs? Or to be fair,
> let's say death within 1 second of exposure. What's the coldest a naked
> human could stand for a second? -100C? -50C?
>
> And the hottest?
>
> Charlie.
> Morbid Wednesdays
