Question

Explain why steam burn more severely than water at the same temperature of boiling and evaporating point of water

Answer 1

Answer:

Steam will produce more severe burns than boiling water because steam has more heat energy than water due to its latent heat of vaporisation. Steam and boiling water can exist at varying temperatures but it is only correct to assume here that both are at the same temperature.

Answer 2

Answer:

Because the water at same temp. don't have the latent heat to lose the intermolecular force free the atoms. And steam at same temp. have extra energy to be free .