Question

why does steam at 100C gives more severe burns than water at 100 C ?

Answer 1

Steam contains it's own energy + latent heat of vaporisation..which is actually quite a lot more than water at the same temperature contains.

Water in fact needs this latent heat of vaporisation to become vapour,which water vapour already has.

Water vapour can use this energy to cause more severe burns than simple water at the same temperature.

Hope this helped!

Answer 2

Hey ,

The steam at 100° C gives mire severe burns than water at 100°C because :-

The steam contains latent heat ( heat in the form hidden part , means which is used ) . As making vapour from liquids energy to break down the particles . So , the energy which gets required to breakdown gets hid and because of this addition heat , we get severe burns in comparison to water .

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