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Psych Rome Ter
Psychrometer Parts:
Dry Bulb Thermometer
Wet Bulb Thermometer Reservoir and Stocking
WET
DRY
around
and around?
What happens to your skin when you sweat and then stand in a breeze?
1. Water evaporates
Temperature Humidity
Using our wet- and dry-bulb temperatures, we can consult tables made by scientists
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0.5 1.0 1.5 9.0 9.5 14.5 15.0 18.0
100%
96% 93% 89% 44% 42% 19% 17% 5%
On the side of the psychrometer is a sliding scale which calculates relative humidity for us.
Align the dry-bulb reading with the wet-bulb reading. The arrow will point to the relative humidity reading on the center scale. Its easy!