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Why is the latent heat of vapourization of steam is more than that of boiling water?
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Because steam is hotter than boiling water.
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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.
Is steam hotter than boiling water?
Technically speaking steam has a higher temperature, but boiling water often has more heat energy per volume. Steam starts at 100degrees C, which is the absolute maximum temperature of boiling water, but steam can be much much hotter, all the way up to thousands of degrees. However, steam as a gas is much less dense than water, and so steam at 100C will injure a person much less than water at 100C.
Why does steam give you more burns that water?
steam is the gaseous transformation that takes place on heating water to its boiling point.Steam will give you more burn than the water boiling at 100 c as it has the latent heat of vapourisation in addition to the heat of fusion.Basically it has more heat content in the steam state than boiling water state.
What will happen to the temperature of a pot of boiling water as the water evaporates?
As water evaporates from the boiling pot,its temperature drops.This results from the fact that water molecules during evaporation extract its latent heat of vapourization from the pot, thereby exerting a cooling effect on it and its content.Regulation of body temperature by sweating is based on this principle. When sweat comes out of its pores, usually in suny days, it evaporates and in the process extract its latent heat of vapourization from the body.This causes the body temperature to decrease.In this way it keeps the body temperature fairly constant.
Why is steam hotter then boiling water?
because steam is boiling water is hot it turns into a gas therefore you get steam
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.
Why does milk cooker make a sound while boiling the milk?
because water between shells reaches saturation point, which is above 100c latent heat of steam --
What is latent heat evaporation?
Latent heat of evaporation of water to steam is 2270 KJ/Kg
Why is steam made when boiling water?
Steam is the gaseous form of water above its boiling point. When you see 'steam', that is not really steam, it's warm-water droplets in the air.
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
When boiling water in Kettle and it becomes steam why do you say the water boiled when not all the water became steam?
When they say boiling water they mean some water is turning to steam but not all off the water has to be over 100 degrees for some to be boiling.
What is boiling water and steam gushing into the air at regular intervals?
Boiling Water + Steam x Gushing in the air = Geiser...
