What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam?

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asked Nov 7, 2017 in Chemistry by jisu zahaan (28,760 points) 28 438 1099

What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam?

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answered Nov 7, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 63 451 1294

Steam produces more severe burns than boiling water. This is because steam has more energy than boiling water, present in it in the form of latent heat of vaporization.

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