Explain why a scald (burns) from steam at 100℃ is very much worse than a scald from water at the same temperature
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Steam burns do have to potential to cause more damage than scalding. The reason has to do with the latent heat of vaporization. This is the amount of heat energy necessary to change the phase or state of matter from liquid to gas. ... And what's worse, as the steam condenses onto your skin, it will still be at 100°C.
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The amount of heat that is stored at steam at hundred degree celsius is more than and water at hundred degree Celsius.
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- This is due to the additional amount of latent heat of vaporization which is present in steam at hundred degree Celsius.
- When steam is converted into water then there is loss of latent heat of vaporization and then it is converted into water. As a result of this the amount of heat which is stored in water is much less as compared to that of steam. Hence steam causes more born as compared to water.
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