Which will produce more severe burn boiling water at 100 degree or steam?

Answer 1

Answer

Steam

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.

Answer 2

It depends on the lenght of exposure, but steam will generally burn more severely because steam is hotter (sometimes much much hotter) than boiling water, hence why it is steam in the first place. Boiling water can only get so hot before it all becomes steam.

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.

Answer 3

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.

Answer 4

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.

Answer 5

stem because it would actually burn your skin and like melt it off in a way and burning water only leaves a big mark on your skin. Steam often causes worse burns than boiling water because as the steam condenses on the skin, it releases the latent heat of vaporization, which is very significant for water. Thus, more heat is.released It depends on the lenght of exposure, but steam will generally burn more severely because steam is hotter (sometimes much much hotter) than boiling water, hence why it is steam in the first place.

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.

Answer 6

I would think it's to do with the fact it's in a gaseous state so it would penetrate more deeply through the pores in your skin, therfore burning more of you, increasing the severity of the burns. But i may be wrong though thats an educated guess.