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Explain how you would use a wet bulb thermometer and a dry bulb thermometer to find the relative humidity?
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the wet bulb is cooler
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How would you use a wet bulb thermometer and a dry bulb thermometer to find the relative humidity?
You would use both to determine the relative humidity.
How would youwould use a wet-bulb thermometer and a dry-bulb thermometer to find the relative humidity?
USE as the air passes over the wet bulb thermometer the water in the cloth evaporates. as the water evaporates the cloth cools. if the humidity is low the water will evaporate more quickly and the...
What causes the thermometer with the wet sock to read lower than the thermometer with the dry bulb?
The rate of evaporation of water from the wet side, this is how relative humidity is measured. As the water evaporates it effectivly 'uses' some of the heat energy which would otherwise be heating the thermometer. The higher the relative humidity (water saturation of the air) the less water can evaporate and the lower the difference between the wet and dry side.
What type of humidity would there be in a town near the desert?
The relative humidity would be quite low.
What are facts about relative humidity?
Relative Humidity is measured with a HygrometerHumidity is the amount of water vapor in the air.On hot days, when it feels sticky, the humidity would then be high.
What would happen to relative humidity in the room if the air conditioner turned on?
If the water vapor amount stayed the same, then the relative humidity would be greater.
What would happen to the relative humidity value if the temperature increased to 25 degrees?
If nothing else changes, the relative humidity will fall.
What step should you follow to measure humidity with a psychrometer?
A sling psychrometer (or hygrometer) uses the difference in readings between a wet bulb thermometer and another with a dry bulb to measure the relative humidity. The bulb that is wet will cool by evaporation to the "dew point", which is the temperature at which the current humidity would be the maximum possible. Comparing that to the dry bulb (the general air temperature) on a comparative chart will yield the approximate relative humidity.
Would the average relative humidity on a rainy day be closer to 100 percent humidity or 50 percent humidity?
100%.
What is the percent of relative humidity when raining?
The relative humidity when it is raining is generally considered to be 100% since if it was lower the rain would evaporate before it reach the ground.
Is relative humidity higher or lower during the hot hours of the day?
If the amount of moisture did not change, the relative humidity would be lower because there would be less moisture in the air relative to how much that hot air could hold.
What term refers to the temperature at which the relative humidity is 100?
That would be "dewpoint"...When the air temperature falls to the dewpoint (or dewpoint rises to the air temperature), then you have 100% relative humidity.
