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Why is a burn caused by a steam more severe than a burn caused by a boiling water if they have the same temperature?
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Steam carries more energy than boiling water. When water is at its boiling point, it requires additional energy to boost it into a gaseous state. When the steam comes in contact with a cooler object and condense back to a liquid, it releases that energy as heat. If that object is human skin, that heat will cause a burn.
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It would be very rare to have steam with the same temperature as boiling liquid water. The only way to keep water liquid past 100 degrees C is to put it under pressure. By contrast, once you have formed steam you can raise it to just about any temperature you want - there are many industrial processes that require steam at 600 degrees F.
Hence, at least part of the reason burns from steam are more severe than burns from boiling water, is the steam is hotter.
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Why burn caused due to steam is more severe than the boiling water at same temperature?
steam causes severe burns because of change of state i.e. liquid to gas with effects our skin. where as boiling water is only liquid which is hot but it does not effect the skin more than water.Thus higher the temperature of steam as compared to water. cause more severe burns than boiling water
What is the meaning of super heat?
Superheated steam is steam at a temperature higher than water's boiling point
Does increasing the boiling point of water with additives also increase the vapor or steam temperature?
no
What produces more severe burns boiling water or stream?
stream will produce more severe burns than waterAdded:Steam causes more severe burns as compared to boiling water because steam contains more heat (i.e 40.6 kJ/mol condensation heat) then boiling water, both at the same temperature 100 oC.From that condensation is momentanous when in contact with skin, after being liquefied it behaves the same as boiling water: still 100 oC and cooling down is slower than condensation.
Boiling and evaporation are both forms of what?
Boiling and evaporation are both forms of changing liquids into gas. Boiling occurs when the liquid reaches its boiling point, while evaporation can occur at any temperature.
Why burn caused due to steam is more severe than the boiling water at same temperature?
steam causes severe burns because of change of state i.e. liquid to gas with effects our skin. where as boiling water is only liquid which is hot but it does not effect the skin more than water.Thus higher the temperature of steam as compared to water. cause more severe burns than boiling water
Why steam causes more severe burns than boiling water?
Boiling water is by definition a temperature of 212 degrees F (100 degrees C), because it is moving through the phase change. Steam is water vapor and already past the phase change from liquid to gas and so can be a much higher temperature. The higher the temperature, the more severe the burn.
Is Boiling is the maximum temperature a substance can reach?
No. Once the substance crosses into steam the steam temperature can rise much higher than boiling.
What cause more burns steam or boiling water?
Steam. Liquids turn to solids when they reach a temperature, so steam has to be hotter than boiling water.
Why does steam at 373 Kelvin give severe burns?
373.15 K = 100°C = 212°F = boiling point of water at sea level Steam at that temperature causes severe burns because it is very hot, and because water is very efficient at transferring heat. The steam also has a significantly greater amount of heat than liquid water just below the boiling point, because the steam also has the latent heat of vaporization.
What do you call the temperature that water turns into steam?
It is called boiling point.
What is the meaning of super heat?
Superheated steam is steam at a temperature higher than water's boiling point
Which produce severe burns boiling water or steam?
Steam has more heat capacity than boiling water by its condensing to liquid and after that it'll conduct heat better as being liquified.Added:Steam causes more severe burns as compared to boiling water because steam contains more heat (i.e 40.6 kJ/mol condensation heat) then boiling water, both at the same temperature 100 oC.From that condensation is momentanous when in contact with skin, after being liquefied it behaves the same as boiling water: still 100 oC and cooling down is slower than condensation.
Why does steam cause more severe skin burns than liquid water at its boiling point?
Hot water has a maximum temperature of 100 degrees centigrade. If it goes beyond that it is now steam. Steam burns are more dangerous because they are much hotter than water.
Does steam has highest latent heat than boiling water?
Boiling water has a lower latent heat than steam. Steam is the transition from liquid to gas for boiling water. If by boiling water you mean liquid water at the temperature of 100 degrees Celsius then yes, steam has a higher latent heat.
What causes a more severe burn - water or steam?
Steam is more dangerous because the temperature is higher.
Why are steam burns on the skin so severe?
It is not really more. Steam is the gas form of water, and thus hotter than the liquid form. 1000C (at 1au at sea level) is the boiling point of water. 400C water will not burn you, but 990C will. Steam at 1010C will burn you, but steam at 5000C would burn worse. So your answer is steam is hotter, but how much more of a burn you get also has to do with the amount of steam or water you come in contact with, and the temperature the steam or water is.
