Question

Distinguish between absolute humidity and relative humidity. In what units are they expressed?

Answer 1

Absolute vs. Relative Humidity - What’s the Difference?

Posted by Dustin DeTorres

Sep 25, 2014 6:34:00 PM

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Absolute humidity is the measure of water vapor (moisture) in the air, regardless of temperature. It is expressed as grams of moisture per cubic meter of air (g/m3).

The maximum absolute humidity of warm air at 30°C/86°F is approximately 30g of water vapor - 30g/m3. The maximum absolute humidity of cold air at 0°C/32°F is approximately 5g of water vapor - 5g/m3.

Relative humidity also measures water vapor but RELATIVE to the temperature of the air. It is expressed as the amount of water vapor in the air as a percentage of the total amount that could be held at its current temperature.

Warm air can hold far more moisture than cold air meaning that the relative humidity of cold air would be far higher than warm air if their absolute humidity levels were equal.

Answer 2

Answer:

Explanation:absolute humidity = is the mass of water vapour present in the unit volume of air .

It is commonly expressed in kg /me

Relative humidity=is the ratio of actual mass of water vapour in a given volume of air at given temperature to the mass of water vapour required to saturate the same air at sam e temperature

It does not have unit