Explanation The latent heat refers to heat required to convert liquid into vapor form, or a solid into vapor or liquid form without temperature change. The loss of latent heat from a human body increases as, (a) With an increase in skin wetness. (b) With a decrease in the relative humidity of the environment. Express the relation between rate of latent heat loss and rate of evaporation from the body. Q ˙ latent = m ˙ vapor</

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