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6 years ago
What is wrong with the following statement?: burns caused by steam at 100C can be more severe than those caused by water at 100C because steam contains more heat than water. Re-write the sentence to convey the same information in a correct way.
 
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6 years ago
Heat is not a substance that can be stored. When steam gets into contact with your skin it condenses to the liquid phase. In doing so, energy is released that is absorbed by the skin. Hot water does not release as much heat in the same situation since it does not undergo a phase tran-sition.
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