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DevinWhen steam condenses to water, it releases the latent heat it absorbed during the phase change from water to steam. This heat energy is transferred to the surroundings, leading to a temperature decrease in the steam as it turns into water. This energy release helps to warm the environment around the condensed water.
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What is the energy released when steam condenses to water?
The energy released when steam condenses to water is called the latent heat of vaporization. This energy is released in the form of heat as the steam loses its thermal energy and transitions back into liquid water.
Why steam causes more severe burns than boiling water. give reason.?
So, steam must lose its heat of vaporization. Think about how it would lose it. Where would all that energy go? It condenses by inputting all the potential energy it has by being a gas into the skin of the person who touches it. Therefore even though steam only has slightly more kinetic energy than almost boiling water, it has a lot more total energy.
In order for water as steam to become water as liquid it has to?
undergo the process of condensation. This occurs when the water vapor cools and loses energy, causing the molecules to come together and form liquid water droplets. Condensation can happen when steam comes into contact with a cooler surface, such as when steam from a shower condenses on a bathroom mirror.
What is steam in a shower hits the curtain and turns into a liquid?
When steam in a shower hits a cooler surface like a curtain, it loses heat energy and condenses into tiny water droplets. This is because the cooler temperature of the curtain causes the steam to lose its thermal energy and revert back to its liquid state. This process is known as condensation.
Why steam is more dangerous than boiling water?
steam scalds are more serious than boiling water scalds because steam when condenses onto the more cooler skin, it loses latent heat of vaporization (to become water at 100 degrees Celsius) also it loses thermal capacity to become equal to the temperature of the skin (37 degrees Celsius). boiling water loses only thermal capacity as it cools down to 37 degrees Celsius from 100 degree Celsius.
