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What do you call the comparison of the actual amount of water vapor in the air to the amount of water vapor in the air if it were saturated?
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∙ 10y ago
This is called the "relative humidity."
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What is the actual amount of water vapor in a mixture of air and water?
It is absolute humidity.
Which condition is the actual amount of water vapor in a mixture of air and water?
relative humidity
What is the difference between relative humidity and actual humidity?
Humidity is the amount of water vapor at any given time and relative humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air compared to the greatest amount it can hold at that air temperature.
What it means if the air is saturated?
Saturated air is air that has all the water vapor that it can hold.
What is air that has reached its water vapor capacity?
saturated
What 2 things are being compared when finding the relative humidity of air?
The amount of actual water vapor in the air to how much saturated water vapor could be in the air.
What humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water vapor air can hold at a certain temperature?
Relative humidity is a comparison of the amount of moisture that air is holding compared to the maximum amount it could hold at a given temperature. If it's holding all that it can, the relative humidity is 100%.
What relative humidity is a comparison between?
The current water vapor content of the air (in question) AND the maximum amount of water vapor that it could carry.
What can you assume about the amount of water vapor in the air of there is no difference between the wet and dry bulb readings of a psychrometer?
It is saturated.
What can you assume about the amount of water vapor in the air if there is no difference between the wet and dry bulb readings of a psychrometer?
It is saturated.
What can you assume about the amount of water vapor in the air if there is no difference between the wet- and dry bulb reading of a psychrometer?
It is saturated.
What is relative humidity relative to?
The ratio of a partial pressure of water vapor in an air water mixture to the saturated vapor.
What is the actual amount of water vapor in a mixture of air and water?
It is absolute humidity.
What can you assume about the amount of water vapor in the air if there is no difference between the wet bulb and dry bulb readings of a psychrometer?
It is saturated.
Which is more dense air saturated with water vapor or air unsaturated with water vapor?
Saturated air is more dense.
What term is given to the amount of moisture in the air?
The amount of moister in the air is called the relative humidity. It is the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor in an air water mixture to the saturated vapor pressure of water.
What is meant by saturated liquid vapor?
Any addition of thermal energy to a saturated liquid will cause it to vaporize. Any subtraction of thermal energy from a saturated vapor will cause it to condense.
