Question

Water is ice has a cooling effect where as water as steam may cauuse sever burns explain these observation

Answer 1

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Ice absorbs energy from surrounding to get converted to water. It's temperature is below 0° C and that's why it produces cooling effect as heat always flows from higher to lower temperature producing this effect.

But in case if steam the temperature is above 100°C and also it has latent heat of vaporisation and hence it can cause severe damage as it gives heat to surrounding to come to equilibrium of temperature.

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Answer 2

Water as ice has a cooling effectwhereas water as steam may cause severe burns. Explain. ... Water as steam has more latent heat than waterin liquid and solid form. Hence, water as steam can cause severe burnswhile water as ice has a cooling effect...
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