Re: [Vo]:E-Cat vs. Water Heater for coffee/tea...

[Harry Veeder]

Joshua Cude wrote:
>
>On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 3:10 AM, Mark Iverson <zeropo...@charter.net> wrote:
>
>Joshua wrote:
>>"The ratio of the partial pressure of the water vapor to the vapor pressure 
>>of 

>>water is the relative humidity."
>> 
>>The physics definition for RH is:
>>   %RH = (Pw/Ps)*100
>>Where Pw is the partial pressure of the water vapor and Ps is the saturation 
>>pressure of water vapor... 
>> 
>>What's the 'vapor pressure of water'... sound like you're making this shit up.
>
>Nope. 
>"Vapor pressure or equilibrium vapor pressure is the pressure of 
>a vapor in thermodynamic equilibrium with its condensed phases in a closed 
>system. "

hmm but we aren't dealing with a closed system.

Harry