Question

the burns caused by Steam are much more severe than those caused by the boiling water why

Answer 1

the burns caused by Steam are much more severe than the burns caused by the hot boiling water because  steam has a large amount of latent heat of vaporisation stored in it but not in  water.

Answer 2

Answer:

Steam causes more severe burns that boiling water because even when both are in equal temp. steam will require to give latent heat also to change its state and then it will give away heat until the object's temp. is made equal to the steam and therefore it will giveaway more heat and so cause more severe burn