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Alcohol has a high vapor pressure - thus it evaporates quickly.
The act of evaporation requires heat energy - in this case it comes from you (or your skin if you prefer) and thus your skin cools.
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Why a drop of ether on your skin disappears fast and the skin feels cool?
Ether is a form of alcohol - which evaporates very quickly. This takes heat away from your skin, and thus you feel cold in that area.
What short term effect on alcohol on the skin?
Alcohol cools the skin.
How does your hand tell the difference between hot and cold?
Probably Rubbing Alcohol or Listerine... OR OR Absenth
Can you die from putting sharpie on your skin?
No. Putting ink on your skin will not kill you. It will look ugly, but not kill you.
Why is evaporation from your skin a cooling process?
The fluid on your skin ( try it with rubbing alcohol ) is taking heat from your body and evaporating because it's getting warmer. Your skin feels cold because heat is being transfered out of your arm.
Can you become drunk from skin absorption of alcohol?
Alcohol can be absorbed through the skin and it can also be inhaled.
Does it affect if I use alcohol to clean my face?
Holistic medicine people overstate the case against using alcohol on your face, but long term use of alcohol on your face can damage your skin. People with sensitive skin should avoid using rubbing alcohol because it can cause dryness and peeling. This dryness can cause the skin to produce more oil, worsening any acne problem. If your want to use it because of pimples, you might try spot treatment with it, just putting it on the pimples.
How do you keep cold drinks cold?
by putting it in the fridge
What alcohol rhymes with cold?
Um .... OLD alcohol?
Explain why a person under the influence of alcohol would be likely to suffer from exposure to extreme cold?
Alcohol dilates the blood vessels, making more blood flow to the skin, which causes the body to lose more heat.
Is benzyl alcohol the same as alcohol in skin care products?
no
When was My Skin Is Cold created?
My Skin Is Cold was created on 2008-06-02.
