Steam at 100 degree centigrade causes more severe burns. Which of the following phenomena will you use to explain this?
Q. Steam at 100 degree centigrade causes more severe burns. Which of the following phenomena will you use to explain this?
Answer: Latent heat
Notes: Latent heat is energy released or absorbed, by a body or a thermodynamic system, during a constant-temperature process. So steam at 100 degree centigrade causes more severe burns.

 

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