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Perhaps it was due to the ability of cotton to absorb up to 27 times its weight in water. It seems like water-saturated cotton would provide significant evapor
by 1e-9 7y ago
Perhaps it was due to the ability of cotton to absorb up to 27 times its weight in water. It seems like water-saturated cotton would provide significant evaporative cooling, which might outperform wool's protective properties for short periods of time.
- Baeocystin 7y agoYou really, really don't want water on your clothes in a fire. The heat transmission via water/steam will bypass your layers of protective clothing like it wasn't even there, and you will get seriously burned. Source: used to work as a shipyard welder