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How Much Body Heat Does A Human Give Off

How much heat does a human produce in BTU's?

See:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orders_of_m...
Approximate heat production of human body is about 100 watts.
To convert watts to BTU per hour, see:
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001729.h...
multiply watts by 3.4121
So, about 341 BTU per hour.
Your metabolism would heat 341 pounds of water 1 degree F, in an hour.

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John Popelish

The human body gives off heat of what kind?

Most of the heat given off by the human body is radiated, less is given off by convection and little is given off by conduction.

How many BTU's does the human body put out?

Depends what you are doing and the surrounding temperature. It's all to do with the Stefan-Boltzmann constant.

Body heat loss by giving off heat is called?

Body heat loss by giving off heat would be sweating.
Therefore, my answer is D evaporation.

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