Explain how a psychrometer works and how it is used to measure humidity values
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Answer: The simplest and most widely used instrument for measuring humidity, the sling psychrometer, consists of a pair of thermometers, one of which has a cotton wick around the bulb that is saturated with water. The other thermometer has no such covering and simply measures the air temperature. The two thermometers, called a wet bulb and dry bulb thermometer, respectively, are mounted to a pivoting device that allows them to be circulated ("slung") through the surrounding air. If the air is unsaturated, water evaporates from the wet bulb, whose temperature falls as latent heat is consumed. After about a minute or so of circulating, the amount of heat lost by evaporation is offset by the input of sensible heat from the surrounding, warmer air, and the cooling ceases. Thereafter, the wet bulb maintains a constant temperature no matter how long the instrument is swung around.
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