What do u mean by wet and dry thermometer

1.	What do u mean by wet and dry thermometer
Answer» The dry bulb and wet bulb thermometers are used for measuring humidity in the air. The dry bulb and wet bulb thermometers are two identical thermometers fixed to a wooden frame. The bulb of the dry thermometer is kept uncovered and is exposed to the air while the bulb of the wet bulb thermometer is wrapped up with a piece of wet muslin, which is kept continuously moist by dipping a strand of it into a small vessel of distilled water. The evaporation from the wet bulb lowers its temperature.Dry bulb readings are not affected by the amount of water vapour present in the air, but the wet bulb readings vary with it since the rate of evaporation is dependent upon the amount of water vapour present in the air. The greater the humidity in the air, the slower the rate of evaporation and hence, the difference between the readings of the dry bulb and wet bulb will be small. On the other hand, when the air is dry, the evaporation from the surface of the wet bulb is rapid, which would lower its temperature and the difference between the two readings would be larger. Hence, the difference of the readings of the dry bulb and the wet bulb thermometers determines the state of the atmosphere with regard to its humidity. The larger the difference, the more arid is the air.

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