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What does it mean if the relative humidity of air is 50 percent?
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∙ 13y ago
If the relative humidity is at 75%, the air is not holding it's maximuim amount of water vapor. If it was holding its maxumum amount it would be 100%. The formula for that is:
Actual water vapor
_______________ * 100 Equals the percent
Total water vapor
Colby Leffler
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∙ 12y agoIf the relative humidity is at 75%, the air is not holding it's maximuim amount of water vapor. If it was holding its maxumum amount it would be 100%. The formula for that is:
Actual water vapor
_______________ * 100 Equals the percent
Total water vapor
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∙ 13y agoTo make this easier to explain, I'll define relative humidity.
A measure of how much water vapor is in the air compared to how much it can hold, given as a percentage.
If it is at 50%, then there is 50% of the maximum amount of water vapor in the air that it can hold.
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∙ 12y agoit means that the air contains 79 percent of the water needed for the air to be saturated.
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∙ 15y agoA relative humidity of 75% means that the air is holding 75% of the total water vapor that it can hold at that temperature, hence the name relative humidity.
Aakifah Maryam Ijaz
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∙ 13y agoA relative humidity of 60% means that a volume of air contains 60% of its maximum capacity of water, maximum capacity defined as being without condensation.
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∙ 12y agoin 1m cubed of air, 80% of the molecules are saturated with water
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The air is holding 50 percent moisture
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What is the relative humidity of air filled to half its capacity?
Relative humidity becomes the ratio between the actual amount of water vapor present to the capacity that the air has at a particular moment. Just to be an optimist, if the glass is half-filled, the relative humidity is 50 percent. If the glass is three-quarters filled, the relative humidity is 75 percent.
Why does relative humidity rarely reach 100 percent in polluted air conditions?
Relative humidity rarely reaches 100% humidity when air is polluted. This is do to emissions of carbon dioxide and sulfates, and is known as haze.
What term is defined as the amount of water vapor in the air compared to the amount of water that the air can hold?
This is the measure of relative humidity. At 50 percent relative humidity, the air is holding half of what it could. It is relative humidity because it is related to the temperature and pressure of the air.
What does it mean if the relative humidity of air is 25 percent?
the air is holding only 25 percent of the water vapor it can hold at that temperature
If the specific humidity of air is 10 grams per kilogram and the capacity of the air is 50 grams per kilogram the relative humidity is?
Relative humidity is the ratio of specific humidity to the overall capacity. So in this case it is 10/50, or 20 percent.
How close air is to its maxuim humidity mesured as a percent?
That's the relative humidity.
What does it mean when humidity is 100 percent?
This is called relative humidity. It is the ratio between the actual humidity, and the humidity for saturated air - that is, the maximum amount of water air can hold. This saturation point is dependent on temperature.
What is air that has 100 percent relative humidity said to be?
Saturated
What is the relative humidity of air filled to half its capacity?
Relative humidity becomes the ratio between the actual amount of water vapor present to the capacity that the air has at a particular moment. Just to be an optimist, if the glass is half-filled, the relative humidity is 50 percent. If the glass is three-quarters filled, the relative humidity is 75 percent.
What is the moisture content of air measured as a percent of saturation is the?
relative humidity
If the relative humidity is 90 percent does that mean there is only 10 percent of air left?
No, it means the air can only hold 10% more moisture at the current temperature..
