• Question: What is sweat made of?

    Asked by beccawilko to Angus, Hannah, Simon on 28 Jun 2013.
    • Photo: Simon Holyoake

      Simon Holyoake answered on 28 Jun 2013:

      sweat is mostly made of water, the function of sweat is to cool us down by evaporating, so it makes sense that it would be mostly water, although it does contain urea and some minerals such as sodium, calcium and magnesium in very small quantities too

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