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Sweating has a cooling effect due to the latent heateffect of the evaporation of water. Although sweat is not completely composed of water, water from sweat evaportates at the skin's surface. The latent heat effect means that energy in the form of heat is released from the body when the water from sweat evaporates into the atmosphere on one's body.

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