A large difference in temperature between a wet bulb and a dry bulb on a sling psychrometer indicates
A)that the air is cooling by adiabatic expansion.
B)that the relative humidity is high.
C)that substantial evaporation is occurring from the wet bulb.
D)that the air is saturated.
E)that the absolute humidity is one hundred percent.

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A large difference between the wet bulb and dry bulb temperatures indicates substantial evaporation from the wet bulb, which means the air is dry and the relative humidity is low.

A Large Difference in Temperature Between a Wet Bulb and a Dry