An inexpensive portable monitor for measuring evaporative water loss
- 1 May 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Clinical Physics and Physiological Measurement
- Vol. 6 (2), 147-154
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0143-0815/6/2/006
Abstract
The measurement of evaporative water loss from the skin, using a ventilated chamber, usually requires two high-accuracy devices for the measurement of the inflow and outflow relative humidity. The water-loss rate is proportional to the difference between the inflow and outflow relative humidity, and a sensor with low absolute accuracy can be used if the same sensor measures both relative humidities. The system described uses an inexpensive sensor to measure the water-loss rate with an accuracy of 10%.This publication has 4 references indexed in Scilit:
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