Science, asked by Shivendsingh, 1 year ago

why does steam cause more sever burns then boiling water

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Answered by Visheshjain1
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Steam causes more severe burns than boiling water . The reason is that it release the extra amount of heat (latent heat) which it has already taken during vapourisation ( when steam was formed from water). if you like it please give me brainleist

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Answered by Vidhi2210
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Steam causes more severe burns then boiling water bcoz steam has latent heat of vapourisation.Latent heat of vapourisation is the geat energy required to change1 kg of a liquid to gas at atmospheric pressure.

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