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Why do we get burnt more by steam than by boiling water at the same temperature?
(N/A) The temperature of both boiling water and steam is $100^{\circ}C$. However,steam contains additional latent heat of vaporization. When steam condenses into water at $100^{\circ}C$,it releases $22.6 \times 10^{5} \ J \ kg^{-1}$ of energy. Because of this extra heat energy,steam causes more severe burns than boiling water at the same temperature.
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