Abstract
A skin-air model is developed to model the water barrier function of skin. The skin model is a porous solid saturated with a monovalent salt solution. The air model is vapor diffusion model in non-moving air. In vivo measurements of water loss from human skin under varying ambient conditions are used to validate the model.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 93-109 |
| Number of pages | 17 |
| Journal | Transport in Porous Media |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Evaporation
- Ion diffusion
- Matric potential
- Stratum corneum
- Transepi-dermal water loss