Thursday, 4 April 2013

What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam?

Question 8. What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam?
Answer:
 Steam will produce more severe burns than boiling water because steam has more heat energy than water due to its latent heat of vaporisation. 

35 comments:

  1. Can anyone tell fire comes in which catagory of state of matter

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  2. Can anyone tell fire comes in which catagory of state of matter

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  3. why are we able to sip tea faster from saucer rather than a cup..???

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    1. As surface area increases in saucer than in a cup

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    3. Because of the increase in surface area

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    4. Because cup has small area so evaporation is low whereas in saucer pan area is large so evaporation is faster and tea become cool

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    5. The rate of evaporation increases with increased of surface area

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  4. Ty for this your answers are very help full

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  5. Thanks thanks thanks thank u so much.

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  6. Good easy and helpfull answer

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  7. Good easy and helpfull answer

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  8. It is very short answer and it is very easy to learn

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  9. Nice and it is too short to learn

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  10. Nepkthalene balls disappear with time without rearing any solid

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    1. Because it undergoes to sublimation process .

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  11. Thanks bhai for your answer

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