Hygrometer

 

Code Number: 4C32.15

Demo Title: Relative Humidity Indicator - Hygrometer

Condition: Excellent

Principle: Vapor Pressures/Partial Pressures

Area of Study: Thermodynamics

Equipment: 

Relative humidity meter.

Procedure:

The meter will give a continuous reading of the relative humidity present in the lecture rooms.

References:

  • Larry Silva, and Daniel Beiting, "What Does a Pine Cone Tell Us About Humidity?", TPT, Vol. 37, # 1, Jan. 1999, p. 48.
  • Larry Silva, "More on Pine-Cone Behavior", TPT, Vol. 37, # 2, Feb. 1999, p. 67.
  • Manfred Bucher,  "Diagram for Relative Humidity",  TPT, Vol. 24, # 6, p. 348, September 1986.
  • Jay S. Huebner, "A Human Hair Hygrometer", TPT, Vol. 11, # 3, March 1973, p. 180.
  • Thomas B. Greenslade, Jr., "Hair Hygrometer", AJP, Vol. 92, #11, Nov. 2024, p. 863.
  • K. Tennakone,  "Construction of an Electrical Humidity Sensor from Silica Gel,"  AJP, 53, # 10, October 1985.
  • George M. Hopkins, "Hygrometry", Experimental Science, p. 196.
  • A. D. Bulman, "Hygrometers", Model-Making for Physics, p. 29.
  • Shawn Carlson, "Waiter, There's a Hair in my Hygrometer", The Amateur Scientist, June 1998.
  • Albert G. Ingalls, "About a Hygrometer made From a Flower Pot, and Huge Telescopes with Compound Mirrors", The Amateur Scientist, May 1954.
  • Julius Sumner Miller, Q118 & A118, Millergrams II – Some More Enchanting Questions for Enquiring Minds, p. 14 & 77.