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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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