Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Sep. 2010
The concept in question is widely used at the level of meteorology.
For example, every time we hear the weather forecast reported by the media communication Massive humidity, is one of the variables always present in the report due to its relevance in the conditions of an environment, as we will explain later ...
Element that intervenes in the climate and implies the amount of water vapor that the atmosphere contains
Together with temperature, the atmospheric pressure, among others, humidity is an element of the weather, being the amount of water vapor that is contained in the atmosphere.
One is in a position to speak of humidity in the environment when there is the presence of water, or any other liquid, in an environment as we said, or in a body.
“Wet floors show us the amount of humidity in the environment. It is not good for your health to go outside with wet hair.”
Water that permeates a body
On the other hand, the term is used to account for the water with which a body is impregnated
, which vaporized is then mixed with the air.“That damage to the table was caused by humidity.”
Absolute and relative humidity
The humidity will be the amount of water vapor that is present in the environment, while it may be presented in an absolute way, through absolute humidity or in a relative way, through the relative humidity or degree of humidity.
In the case of RH, it will imply the percentage ratio between the amount of real water vapor that the air contains and that which it would need to contain to saturate at the same temperatureSo, when we speak of relative humidity of 80%, this means that of all the water vapor that the air is capable of containing at that temperature, it only has 80%.
Any place where there is water that can heat up and evaporate is a source of moisture. For this reason it is that the oceans, which receive direct heat from the sun, which evaporates their water due to the large liquid mass they have, They are the main source of humidity, although we cannot ignore other sources of water such as streams, rivers, lakes.
Precisely the beach areas are characterized by having a higher humidity than any other and also the geographical regions characterized by receiving a lot of rainfall, will be referred to as damp
The hygrometer measures it and the hygrometry studies it
Meanwhile, the hygrometer is he measuring instrument most used at the behest of meteorology to record both relative humidity and temperature. Regarding the measurement of relative humidity, it has a special sensor made up of a bundle of manes of horse which turns out to be very sensitive to the variation of atmospheric humidity.
Meanwhile, the branch of physical sciences that deals with studying the proportion of humidity in the atmosphere is Hygrometry.
Moisture in houses, a recurring problem
When addressing the issue of humidity, we cannot ignore that it is recurrently one of the most serious structural problems that a woman can suffer. building, a house, an apartment, among others.
When there is a high humidity level in the environment as a consequence of the presence of a leak or filtration of water, for example a broken pipe, the wall in question will absorb the humidity and soon you will see a stain appear, and if you touch it you will notice that it is wet.
Then the wall will begin to peel.
In addition to being a problem that affects the construction visually and damages furniture and any other element, the presence of humidity in a house is also harmful to health.
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