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What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam?

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Steam has more energy than boiling water. It possesses the additional latent heat of vaporisation. Therefore, burns produced by steam are more severe than those produced by boiling water
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  • Which causes more severe burns?

    A
    Cold Water
    B
    Hot Water
    C
    Steam
    D
    Both B and C

  • Steam at 100^@C causes more severe burns than water at the same temperature because

    A
    steam is a gas
    B
    steam cannot do work
    C
    steam can provide more heat
    D
    steam is highly combustible

  • What is the surface tension of boiling water ?

    A
    Zero
    B
    infinity
    C
    100 times than that at `0^@`C
    D
    72N/m

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