Question

what produces more severe burns boiling water or steam, explain it briefly and deeply​

Answer 1

Answer:

steam produces more severe burns because the steam are in the form of gases and when it touches the skin it takes the latent heat of vaporisation from skin to convert it's change and gives great effect of heat on our skin.

Answer 2

Answer:

• When water changes into steam at its boiling point, it absorbs latent heat of vaporisation (which is 22.5 x 109 joules per kilogram).
• This means that steam at 100°C contains much more heat (in the form of latent heat) than boiling water at the same temperature of 100°C.
• So, when steam falls on our skin and condenses to form water, it gives out 22.5 x 105 joules per kilogram of more heat than boiling water at the same temperature.

• Since steam gives out much more heat than boiling water, it causes more severe burns.