Question

Why does steam cause more severe burns on skin than the boiling water

Answer 1

this is because steam has more hidden heat due to latent heat of vaporisation

Answer 2

Answer:

Steam causes more severe burns that boiling water because even when both are in equal temp. steam will require to give latent heat also to change its state and then it will give away heat until the object's temp. is made equal to the steam and therefore it will giveaway more heat and so cause more severe burn.