Question

Steam causes more severe burns than boiling water. ( True or False)​

Answer 1

True

Explanation

• 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

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Steam causes more severe burns than boiling water.

• True✅
• False

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Steam produces more severe burns than boiling water even though both are at 100oC because steam contains more heat, in the form of latent heat, than boiling water.