Relative humidity
ratio of de partial pressure of water vapor for humid air insyd to de equilibrium vapor pressure of water at a given temperature
Relative humidity be de ratio of how much water vapour dey insyd de air to how much water vapour de air fi potentially contain at a given temperature. E dey vary plus de temperature of de air: colder air fi contain less vapour, den water go tend make e condense out of de air more at lower temperatures. So dey change de temperature of air fi change de relative humidity, even wen de absolute humidity remain constant.
relative humidity
Subclass of | dimensionless quantity, ratio |
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Recommended unit of measurement | 1 |
For scientific notion insyd, dem dey define de relative humidity ( anaa ) of an air-water mixture as de ratio of de partial pressure of water vapor () insyd air to de saturation vapor pressure () of water at de same temperature, usually dem express as a percentage:[1][2][3]
References
edit- ↑ Perry, R. H. and Green, D. W, Perry's Chemical Engineers' Handbook (8th Edition), McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-142294-3, pp. 12–14
- ↑ Lide, David (2005). CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics (85 ed.). CRC Press. pp. 15–25. ISBN 0-8493-0485-7.
- ↑ Babin, Steven M. (1998). "Relative Humidity & Saturation Vapor Pressure: A Brief Tutorial". Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. Archived from the original on 1998-07-13. Retrieved 2022-11-28. (Alternate title: "Water Vapor Myths: A Brief Tutorial".)