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Re:On the existence of two states in liquid water [pdf] by amelius on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @09:07AM (#13270508)
> This is probably why sous vide temperature is around 60C.

But why are sauna temperatures above this, being in the range of 70C-90C?

Re:On the existence of two states in liquid water [pdf] by icegreentea on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @01:25PM (#13272454)
Thats because you have enough thermal mass and evaporative cooling capacity to withstand those temperatures for a short period of time - ie, very little of your body will experience drastically elevated temperatures for long - if at all. Remember that air (even humid air) is not a super great heat conductor - so while the air might be very hot, it's going to be pretty bad transferring that into your body, which in turn has a lot of mass to distrube heat over, and good conductivity to move heat away from contact areas. And that whole sweat thing works pretty well too (especially in a dry sauna).

Being submerged into a 90 degree water bath will probably rapidly hideously wound you and/or kill you.

Re:On the existence of two states in liquid water [pdf] by lmm on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @11:23AM (#13271509)
That small organisms cannot survive saunas, only large organisms with temperature regulation ("warm-blooded"), is probably a design feature.
Re:On the existence of two states in liquid water [pdf] by mhutter on Wednesday December 28, 2016 @01:23PM (#13272432)
This and because you don't stay in a Sauna for more than a few hours