Been seeing alot of posts about drinking impressive amounts of water that would bloat a 2 humped camel. Dehydration is measured by a percentage of body weight.
Mild dehydration falls into the 0 - 3% range, moderate is 4 - 8%, and severe is 9 - 20%. Pretty much has been stated as much beyond 20% you are near death.
Lets just say we have a person who weighs in at 200 lbs. ( for easy math purposes)
3% weighs 6 lbs, 8% is 16 lbs, and 20% is 40 lbs. Considering that water weighs 8.8 lbs per gallon and has a volume of nearly 128 cubic inches, that makes for a sizeable mass. Now lets consider the amount of water required to drink to remain hydrated.
at 3%, 6 lbs thats 3 quarts
at 8%, 16 lbs almost 2 gallons
at 20% 40 lbs 4.4 gallons
( these are rough numbers didnt use a calculator).
Okay there are the amounts, now lets figure out why we need to drink this much. Supposedly PG/VG are very effective compounds that are capable of absorbing water ( myth or fact?) But what about adsorbtion, yes there is a difference.
Absorption is the property to suck up a fluid like a sponge, adsorption is the property to attract water like a magnet does with Iron fillings, to its surface and more than just 1 layer deep.
And lets not forget the humicant, the ability to attract water but not absorb or adsorb it. Glycerin is a humicant, it attracts water towards the surface it is applied to by "trapping" the water molecules in between the glycerin molecules. But, glycerin on its own, doesnt retain water molecules too well. If it did, the volume of glycerin would increase due to the moisture in the air, eventually overfilling the bottle by its self. So, just how much water can glycerin retain due to this ability?? About 40% additional by volume under optimal conditions. Basically 1 mL can become 1.4 mL at maximum saturation. With this in mind, if you vape 5 mL of juice in a day, and exhale that 5 mL of juice in the form of vapor, you will loose about an additional 2 mL of water along with the vape. But since we probably retain some of the vapor, we most likely dont loose that 2 mL of water, maybe more like 1.8 mL is lost due to vaping.
So.... with this thought, is there a real reason for guzzling down a gallon of water more than normal due to vaping??
Mild dehydration falls into the 0 - 3% range, moderate is 4 - 8%, and severe is 9 - 20%. Pretty much has been stated as much beyond 20% you are near death.
Lets just say we have a person who weighs in at 200 lbs. ( for easy math purposes)
3% weighs 6 lbs, 8% is 16 lbs, and 20% is 40 lbs. Considering that water weighs 8.8 lbs per gallon and has a volume of nearly 128 cubic inches, that makes for a sizeable mass. Now lets consider the amount of water required to drink to remain hydrated.
at 3%, 6 lbs thats 3 quarts
at 8%, 16 lbs almost 2 gallons
at 20% 40 lbs 4.4 gallons
( these are rough numbers didnt use a calculator).
Okay there are the amounts, now lets figure out why we need to drink this much. Supposedly PG/VG are very effective compounds that are capable of absorbing water ( myth or fact?) But what about adsorbtion, yes there is a difference.
Absorption is the property to suck up a fluid like a sponge, adsorption is the property to attract water like a magnet does with Iron fillings, to its surface and more than just 1 layer deep.
And lets not forget the humicant, the ability to attract water but not absorb or adsorb it. Glycerin is a humicant, it attracts water towards the surface it is applied to by "trapping" the water molecules in between the glycerin molecules. But, glycerin on its own, doesnt retain water molecules too well. If it did, the volume of glycerin would increase due to the moisture in the air, eventually overfilling the bottle by its self. So, just how much water can glycerin retain due to this ability?? About 40% additional by volume under optimal conditions. Basically 1 mL can become 1.4 mL at maximum saturation. With this in mind, if you vape 5 mL of juice in a day, and exhale that 5 mL of juice in the form of vapor, you will loose about an additional 2 mL of water along with the vape. But since we probably retain some of the vapor, we most likely dont loose that 2 mL of water, maybe more like 1.8 mL is lost due to vaping.
So.... with this thought, is there a real reason for guzzling down a gallon of water more than normal due to vaping??
