A quick google on "wool wet calorie" revealed lots of sites that state 1
gram of wool releases 27 calories of heat when it becomes wet. However,
none of the sites I skimmed were anything like scientific--winter
preparedness, outdoors sites, and of course lots of fiber sites, but
nothing like a
Holly,
Only you would think to refine a search to wet wool calorie. :) Would there be
a wet cottone calori, as well, I wonder? Something to do, after I finish this.
I'm thinking that EZ jumped to the conclusion that the wet wool must be
releasing heat, in order for her husband's feet to remain
Whew! That was fun and entertaining! I did find this statement:
>>Wool actually produces 27 calories of heat per gram of wool as it goes from
>>DRY to WET! <<
It was on several sites. However, I'm going to ignore this bit of wisdom. The
text in which it was contained, had an incredible amount
It doesn't make sense to me that wool would produce
heat as it dries. Production of heat would result
from a chemical process, while water evaporating from
wool is a physical process. I am not a chemist or a
physicist, but it seems to me that wool would produce
heat when it burns, not when it dri
Hi Merry,
>>It doesn't make sense to me that wool would produce heat as it dries.
>>Production of heat would result from a chemical process, while water
>>evaporating from wool is a physical process. <<
It doesn't make sense to me, either, as I believe heat is generated by some
kind of chemic
Here's an interesting site. good marketing.
http://www1305.oemgrp.com/kingo1/http/technicalinfo.php
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Robin Murphy, in the Northwoods of Wisconsin
http://robinmurphy.hytext.com
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Robin,
A most cool web site! The explanation as to how wool works at keeping us warm,
even when wet, is worth wading through the self-serving text.
Thanks!
wrnk
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I must Say /write that i sahre your perplexion.Here as well as on another
Ng where somebody took care to write a bundle of facts [part ok part
dubious] about Fisherman`d sweaters i have been knitting foe more than
50 years, and have worn wool under rains and while working ,,, wet wool
smells, o
