If I remember correctly from physiology, most sweat actually leaves the body
as vapor, not liquid, and evaporates quickly. It is when the volume of sweat
is too great to evaporate right away it starts pooling as liquid. Sorry I
can't find a source right now.

Chris

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Received: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 05:33:04 PM EST
From: "Janet K" <janet_7419@...>
To: sweatyfriends@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [sweatyfriends] Re: what is typical?

> Interesting information and it challenged me to learn how much a
> milliliter is!
>
> That site says we can sweat up to 50 ml per minute, which is 10
> teaspoons. That sounds like a lot but apparently that's the number
> for the entire body. I'm curious what is normal for underarms since
> that's my primary HH area.
>
> I got so curious that from the hamper I pulled a blouse I managed to
> soak when I wore it visiting my new inlaws on Thanksgiving. Stress
> always does it to me! I measured the dried stain at 10 inches across,
> then I used a measuring spoon to apply a half teaspoon of water. It
> turns our that's a lot of water, it spread 3/4rds of the way out.
> Another half teaspoon was enough to wet it as much as my underarms
> had.
>
> That's only 1 teaspoon, and I don't soak my clothes than much in 1
> minute, it might take 20 or 30 minutes when under stress. So my
> underarms sweat much less than 50 ml per minute. I still wonder what
> is typical for most people from the problem areas.