Calculate insensible perspiration?
1.) 8L/min minute respiratory volume, at 37° and maximum humidity (43mg h2o/L).
How many ml of insensible perspiration is there?
A. 0ml
B. 2.6ml C. 3.4ml
D. 5.3ml
The correct answer should be 0, but isn't it 3.4 ml?
A 100% moist air can no longer absorb water.
Didn’t you have gas kinetics and phase equilibriums? There is a perfect balance. The only possibility would be to heat or to dehumidify the air (cool it, remove chemically/physical water). While I think that with even warmer air the water would condense in the lungs, the absolute humidity should then rise even further as the temperature exchange takes place. I’m a physicist, not a medic.