How come water can burn skin at temperatures below 100 degrees celsius? It's obvious that once the water in our cells starts boiling, things will go south, but why does a mere temperature difference have such an extereme impact on molecules in the same state of matter?

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Anonymous Fri Feb 15 09:46:20 2013 No.5531466 [Reply] [Original]

How come water can burn skin at temperatures below 100 degrees celsius? It's obvious that once the water in our cells starts boiling, things will go south, but why does a mere temperature difference have such an extereme impact on molecules in the same state of matter?

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 15 09:59:03 2013 No.5531527 I know that proteins for example lose there structure (and functionality) when above body temperature, this is irriversible

>>	tim Fri Feb 15 10:05:47 2013 No.5531561 with high temperature the molecules start to move fast so i guess this is harmful for the cell structures

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 15 10:14:47 2013 No.5531604 Energy will be transmitted to hand even with lower temperatures and the molecules starts to vibrate. Now go back to kindergarten.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 15 10:31:17 2013 No.5531670 OP, your cells are not simply water. A skin burn does not mean the water within your skin is being damaged.

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 15 10:49:34 2013 No.5531739 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermostability

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 15 11:07:32 2013 No.5531799 73c for 10seconds is the recommended temperature for killing bacteria in chicken. You think humans are better than chicken bacteria? Specieist

>>	Anonymous Fri Feb 15 11:09:33 2013 No.5531803 - proteins degenerate - chemical equilibriums get shifted

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