AJH wrote:
On Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:43:14 +0000, The Natural Philosopher
wrote:

No that's just wet, 100% humidity just means a sample of air cannot
hold any more water vapour,
No, that's 100% *relative* humidity.

Yes, I should have specified RH but the fact it's given as a
percentage rather than grammes/m3 or grammes/kg implies that it's
relative rather than absolute.
a hot body of wood can still dry in 100%
humidity air if the water is boiled off.
Only by raising the air temprature so the local relative humidity is
LESS than 100%.

As long at the temperature is above the local boiling point then water
will leave it as vapour. This will occur at all humidity ratios of the
surrounding atmosphere.

The fact that the temperature is above the dew point means that the RH
IS LESS THAN 100%!!!

Boiling point has nowt to do with it.


AJH