what makes more burns on skin boiling water ir steam? Justify your answer.
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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. But the same temperature at the source does not assure that they will have the same temperature when they contact the skin.
Steam contains more heat, in the form of latent heat, than boiling water. So when steam comes in contact with skin it gives out 22.5 X 10<sup>5</sup> joules per kilogram more heat than boiling water, so steam causes more severe burns.
Steam and boiling water can exist at varying temperatures but it is only correct to assume here that both are at the same temperature. But the same temperature at the source does not assure that they will have the same temperature when they contact the skin.
Steam contains more heat, in the form of latent heat, than boiling water. So when steam comes in contact with skin it gives out 22.5 X 10<sup>5</sup> joules per kilogram more heat than boiling water, so steam causes more severe burns.
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