Question
Why burns caused by the steam are much more severe than boiling water?

Answer

Steam causes more severe burns that boiling water because even when both are in equal temp. steam will require to give latent heat also to change its state and then it will give away heat until the object's temp is made equal to the steam and therefore it will giveaway more heat and so cause more severe burn.

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