Question

Boiling water and steam both have the same temperature $\left({100}^{0}C\right)$, but steam causes many severe burns than boiling water. Explain

Answer 1

Water starts boiling at ${100}^{o}C$ and converts to steam. At the boiling temperature, particles of the steam have more energy than the particles of boiling water as they have absorbed extra energy in the form of latent heat of vaporization. So, particles of steam cause severe burns.