I wonder why sea water can not drink?

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All probably seen at least one movie that shows how obsessed in the open sea people who were shipwrecked. And it's not that hot-cold, and not because you want to eat. All because of a terrible thirst, they say that sea water can not drink. A logical question arises: "why?"

why the sea water can not drinkSimple explanation

To Explain why sea water can not drink, can be different. The simplest explanation may be that seawater contains huge amount of salt (about 30 g per one liter), moreover, it differs substantially in physical and chemical composition from fresh, fit for consumption of water. The fact is that the amount of salt that is in sea water, the body simply can not process. Yes, and it is quite thirst is not quenched even at first.

you can't drink seawaterVenturing

The Fact that you cannot drink sea water, it became clear from the more simple, the above explanations. But exactly how the body responds to the intake of sea water? Now that's interesting. After all, it would seem that the liquid it is a liquid. But not so simple. All probably know that every day people should drink about 3 liters of water for the normal functioning of your body. But the water in the body can get not only pure, but also with food. Puzzled: after all, the salt also gets into the body. Yes, it is necessary to maintain the water-salt balance, but it is needed in much smaller quantities than in sea water. So, what happens to the body after consumption of sea water? As already mentioned, the amount of salt that is in it, the body just can't process. Beginning to work the kidneys for excretion of the accumulated salts from the body. And for this, require even more water. It is a vicious circle. The more sea water consumes the person, the worse, because salt is not excreted, accumulate in the organism and begin to destroy it. Therefore among the tips on how to survive after a shipwreck, you find those who say that it is better you can consume salt water, because it can extend life for up to 3-4 days, and the damage to the body in the case of salvation will suffer irreparable, and then you can even remain disabled. That's why sea water is undrinkable.

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can you drink sea waterWhat to do?

But there may be a logical question: "And what to do to survive, if no other water around just yet?" After all, knowing why sea water can not drink, people may simply refuse to do it. Here it is necessary to look for other sources of liquid. So, the biggest problem with fresh water in the open ocean. But there is, and the inhabitants of the sea, which you can consume and from which you can try to drain at least some fluid. This recommendation gives a French doctor A. Bombing, which managed to survive in the open ocean without fresh water.

Maybe?

Figuring out whether you can drink sea water, you can reach the people that claim to consume it is still possible. And this is true, but there is a caveat: only after desalination. This can be done by distillation, separation, freezing, electrodialysis, and forward and reverse osmosis. The most simple and accessible to all method-evaporation. It can also be used in the open sea, erecting a desalination plant from scrap materials. Knowing why sea water can not drink, better to have at a minimum to desalinate.


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