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12.7 - Saturation Pressure (Atmospheric Air)


Diagram 1.8.1

Evaporation and condensation are in mutual balance if the vapour pressure of a liquid is as large as that part of the external pressure which is generated by the water vapour contained in the air. If both pressures are of equal magnitude, the air is saturated with moisture.