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sweat cooling
A method of controlling the excessive heating of a reentering body. Surfaces subjected to excessive heating are made of porous material through which liquid of high-heat capacity is forced. The evaporation of this coolant completes the sweat-cooling process.
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• REENTRY PHYSICS AND TERMINOLOGY
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