0
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 else can I help you with?
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 kind of burn can coffee steam give a person?
Depending on how hot the coffee is the steam of coffee can give up to second degree burning with the peeling of the top layer of skin. Third degree burns are rare in this situation.
Why steam causes more severe burns than boiling water. give reason.?
So, steam must lose its heat of vaporization. Think about how it would lose it. Where would all that energy go? It condenses by inputting all the potential energy it has by being a gas into the skin of the person who touches it. Therefore even though steam only has slightly more kinetic energy than almost boiling water, it has a lot more total energy.
How do you top up water on Mitsubishi 3000?
Pour it into the expansion bottle not the radiator type cap on the engine, opening that will give you steam burns if the engine is hot.
What will give off steam after heated?
Steam comes from boiling water.
When magnesium burns why does it make light?
to give you disease to give you disease
In what situation would it be difficult to give first aid treatment to chemical burns?
Chlorine burns
Can drugs give you heart burns?
ye
What does water give off when it boils?
Steam.
Do you need a code for portal if you download it without a disc on steam?
Steam will give you a unique code.
What is a steam mod?
It is an addon that you buy from steam to use with other games to give them more features.
How can you give away a game on steam?
When buying a game on Steam, you'll need to select "Purchase as Gift". It will then give you different options to how you want to gift it. If you store the game in your Steam Inventory, you'll have to start a Trade with the person you want to give it to. If you've already bought a game, and played it, then you won't be able to give it away, though.
