Calculator: Vampire ThermodynamicsPreamble
Vampire bodies are not self-heating; even if we assume that their body temperatures stay within a certain range, they should still absorb the relative heat of their environment, and heat/cool according to known physical laws.
So, if a vampire spends their time in a cool crypt, how long would it take for their body to adjust to room temperature? Check it out below.
So, if a vampire spends their time in a cool crypt, how long would it take for their body to adjust to room temperature? Check it out below.
Play around with the numbers below to see how vampires' bodies adjust to the ambient temperature in their environments, considering they do not produce heat through circulation.
(Read the preamble for assumptions)
(Read the preamble for assumptions)
Want to know what this is about? Read the full run-down of Vampire Thermodynamics
If a vampire spent the entire day
10°C
And then they go
18°C
Temperature per hour
Temperature per minute
Show referencesThe calculation uses the cooling principle of a dead body (since, well, vampires...) -- it is the same principle used to calculate time of death according to the temperature of the body and ambient temperature.
T(t) = T[environment] + (T[initial] - T[environment])*e^(-kt)
Where k is the cooling constant of the body: -0.223
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