Burns produced by steam at 100°C are much more severe than those produced by the same mass of 100°C water. To verify this, answer the questions below. Specific heat of water = 1.00 kcal/(kg · °C); heat of vaporization = 539 kcal/kg; specific heat of human flesh = 0.83 kcal/(kg · °C). (a) Calculate the quantity of heat that must be removed from 4.20 g of 100°C water to lower its temperature to 45.0°C.  kcal (b) Calculate the quantity of heat that must be removed from 4.20 g of 100°C steam to condense it and lower its temperature to 45.0°C.  kcal (c) Calculate the mass of human flesh that the quantity of heat produced in each case can raise from the normal 37.0°C to 45.0°C. (Flesh is badly damaged at 50.0°C.) water      kg steam      kg

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Burns produced by steam at 100°C are much more severe than those produced by the same mass of 100°C water. To verify this, answer the questions below. Specific heat of water = 1.00 kcal/(kg · °C); heat of vaporization = 539 kcal/kg; specific heat of human flesh = 0.83 kcal/(kg · °C).

(a) Calculate the quantity of heat that must be removed from 4.20 g of 100°C water to lower its temperature to 45.0°C.
 kcal

(b) Calculate the quantity of heat that must be removed from 4.20 g of 100°C steam to condense it and lower its temperature to 45.0°C.
 kcal

(c) Calculate the mass of human flesh that the quantity of heat produced in each case can raise from the normal 37.0°C to 45.0°C. (Flesh is badly damaged at 50.0°C.)
water      kg
steam      kg
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