What produces more severe burns, boiling water or steam?

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Steam will produce more severe burns than boiling water because steam has more heat energy than water due to its latent heat of vaporisation.
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Steam, because latent heat is present in steam.
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Steam will produce more severe burns than boiling water because steam has more heat energy than water due to its latent heat of vaporisation.
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Steam produces more burns as it is in a vapour phase. When water vapourises it requires heat. So a boiling water has more heat but not as much heat as steam. Steam is vapour and boiling water is in process of becoming steam.
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