Search RFC: |                                  
Please support my efforts by ADVERTISING!
Serving a Pleasant Blend of Yesterday,
Today, and Tomorrow™

Vintage Magazines

Electronics World
Popular Electronics
Radio & TV News
QST | Pop Science
Popular Mechanics
Radio-Craft
Radio-Electronics
Short Wave Craft
Electronics | OFA
Saturday Eve Post

Formulas | Data

Electronics | RF
Mathematics
Mechanics
Physics


Calvin & Phineas

kmblatt83@aol.com

Archive | Sitemap

Resources

Articles | Radar
Cogitations
Magazines | AI
RF Museum
Software | Videos
Radio Service
Tech Notes

Entertainment

Crosswords
Humor | Podcasts
Quotes | Quizzes
Tech Comics

Parts | Services

1000s of Listings


About RF Cafe

Software: RF Cascade Workbook | RF Symbols for Office | RF Symbols & Stencils for Visio | Espresso Workbook
Please Support My Advertisers!
Transcat | Axiom Test Equipment - RF Cafe
Aegis Power | Centric RF | RFCT
Empower RF | Reactel | SF Circuits

Alliance Test | Isotec
Anritsu MA25211A P25 Radio Auto Test & Alignment System - RF Cafe

Exodus Advanced Communications Best in Class RF Amplifier SSPAs

everythingRF AI Artificial Intelligence Client - RF Cafe
KR Electronics (RF Filters) - RF Cafe

RF Cascade Workbook by RF Cafe

Anritsu MG36021A Microwave Frequency Synthesizer Module  - RF Cafe

Please Support RF Cafe by purchasing my ridiculously low-priced products, all of which I created.

RF Cascade Workbook for Excel

RF & Electronics Symbols for Visio

RF & Electronics Symbols for Office

RF & Electronics Stencils for Visio

RF Workbench

T-Shirts, Mugs, Cups, Ball Caps, Mouse Pads

These Are Available for Free

Espresso Engineering Workbook™

Smith Chart™ for Excel

Relative Humidity / Dew Point

minimum height spacer The relative humidity of an air-water mixture is defined as the ratio of the partial pressure of water vapor in the mixture to the saturated vapor pressure of water at a prescribed temperature. Relative humidity is normally expressed as a percentage.

The dew point is the temperature to which a given parcel of air must be cooled, at constant barometric pressure, for water vapor to condense into water. The condensed water is called dew. The dew point is a saturation point.

When the dew point temperature falls below freezing it is often called the frost point, as the water vapor no longer creates dew but instead creates frost or hoarfrost by deposition.

The dew point is associated with relative humidity. A high relative humidity indicates that the dew point is closer to the current air temperature. Relative humidity of 100% indicates that the dew point is equal to the current temperature (and the air is maximally saturated with water). When the dew point stays constant and temperature increases, relative humidity will decrease.

At a given barometric pressure, independent of temperature, the dew point indicates the mole fraction of water vapor in the air, and therefore determines the specific humidity of the air. - Wikipedia

Relative humidity of the air for temperature t and dew point d.

(from Smithsonian Meteorological Tables)

Relative Humidity (%)
Depression of

Dew Point t-d

-10°C 0°C +10°C +20°C +30°C
0.0 100 100 100 100 100
0.2 98 99 99 99 99
0.4 97 97 97 98 98
0.6 95 96 96 96 97
0.8 94 94 95 95 96
1.0 92 93 94 94 94
1.2 91 92 92 93 93
1.4 90 90 91 92 92
1.6 88 89 90 91 91
1.8 87 88 89 90 90
2.0 86 87 88 88 89
2.2 84 85 86 87 88
2.4 83 84 85 86 87
2.6 82 83 84 85 86
2.8 80 82 83 84 85
3.0 79 81 82 83 84
3.2 78 80 81 82 83
3.4 77 79 80 81 82
3.6 76 77 79 80 82
3.8 75 76 78 79 81
4.0 73 75 77 78 80
4.2 72 74 76 77 79
4.2 72 74 76 77 79
4.4 71 73 75 77 78
4.6 70 72 74 76 77
4.8 69 71 73 75 76
5.0 68 70 72 74 75
5.2 67 69 71 73 75
5.4 66 68 70 72 74
5.6 65 67 69 71 73
5.8 64 66 69 70 72
6.0 63 66 68 70 71
6.2 62 65 67 69 71
6.4 61 64 66 68 70
6.6 60 63 65 67 69
6.8 60 62 64 66 68
7.0 59 61 63 66 68
7.2 58 60 63 65 67
7.4 57 60 62 64 66
7.6 56 59 61 63 65
7.8 55 58 60 63 65
8.0 54 57 60 62 64
8.2 54 56 59 61 63
8.4 53 56 58 60 63
8.6 52 55 57 60 62
8.8 51 54 57 59 61
9.0 51 53 56 58 61
9.2 50 53 55 58 60
9.4 49 52 55 57 59
9.6 48 51 54 56 59
9.8 48 51 53 56 58
10.0 47 50 53 55 57
10.5 45 48 51 54  
11.0 44 47 49 52  
11.5 42 45 48 51  
12.0 41 44 47 49  
12.5 39 42 45 48  
13.0 38 41 44 46  
13.5 37 40 43 45  
14.0 35 38 41 44  
14.5 34 37 40 43  
15.0 33 36 39 42  
15.5 32 35 38 40  
16.0 31 34 37 39  
16.5 30 33 36 38  
17.0 29 32 35 37  
17.5 28 31 34 36  
18.0 27 30 33 35  
18.5 26 29 32 34  
19.0 25 28 31 33  
19.5 24 27 30 33  
20.0 24 26 29 32  
21.0 22 25 27    
22.0 21 23 26    
23.0 19 22 24    
24.0 18 21 23    
25.0 17 19 22    
26.0 16 18 21    
27.0 15 17 20    
28.0 14 16 19    
29.0 13 15 18    
30.0 12 14 17    

 

Information from CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics, 7first Edition, 1990-1991, David R. Lide

Temwell RF Microwave Components - RF Cafe