Question

Which contains more heat 1 kg of water at 100°c or 1 kg of steam at 100°c?

Answer 1

Answer:

same

Explanation:

both will be in same state at 100c so same heat

Answer 2

Answer:

1 kg of steam contains more heat than 1 kg of water because to convert water into steam, the heat used is more than the actual boiling point. We call this extra heat as latent heat. Thus, water contains its own heat but steam contains its own heat as well as the latent heat.