In a psychometric chart, relative humidity lines are:

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  1. Curved
  2. Inclined and straight but non-uniformly spaced
  3. Horizontal and non-uniformly spaced
  4. Horizontal and uniformly spaced

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Option 1 : Curved
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Every psychometric chart includes vertical lines that represent the dry bulb temperatures, diagonals line represents wet bulb temperature and curved lines represent relative humidity.

Dry Bulb Temperature: Actual temperature of gas or mixture of gases

Wet Bulb temperature: Temperature obtained by an accurate thermometer having a wick moistened with distilled water

Dew point temperature: Temperature at which the liquid droplets just appear when the moist air is cooled continuously.

Relative humidity along the saturation line is 100%.

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