When I swim, if I just get out of the pool and dry off, it only takes me a minute to fully dry off.
If I take a poolside outdoor shower to get the chlorine off and then dry off, it takes considerably longer to dry off.
This confuses me - getting fully emersed in water should get make me more soaked… but the shower seems to get me more soaked…
I often think about this when taking a shower after swimming… the paradox of water
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Soap.
Soap breaks the surface tension of water (allowing it to break up whatever is on you). Shower/bath water will spread more evenly across your skin than chlorinated pool water.
good point but a poolside outdoor shower to rinse chlorine doesnt involve soap.
