> And I have problems believing that anyone could get serious burns from 136F water. A) it’s not that hot, I can hold 325F pans in my hand for about 2 seconds without burns. 2) Get out, if it’s too hot.
Funny thing, I was thinking the same for a moment there. 135 degrees Fahrenheit is a warm day in the Australian Outback: bloody unpleasantly warm, but not going to sear you to death quickly. It isn’t nearly approaching boiling point of water (212F).
On the other hand, 136 degrees Centigrade water is well past boiling point (100C) and is more than hot enough to scald.
So, checking the story again I note that they do not specify whether the temperature is in Fahrenheit or Centigrade. Not overly helpful!
“On the other hand, 136 degrees Centigrade water is well past boiling point (100C) and is more than hot enough to scald.”
...Wouldn’t water heated to 135 C just be steam? How could water stay in a liquid state that far beyond it’s boiling point???
/johnny
Most likely it’s in Fahrenheit. We (the US) don’t tend to use the Celsius scale.
The article didn’t really mention whether the scalding water was a momentary change due to a toilet flush or whether the guy really was too stupid to know that hot water will be hot before stepping into the shower.
Dollar bills are as close as they will ever come to the MKS standard. They missed Mars because of that.
/johnny
So, checking the story again I note that they do not specify whether the temperature is in Fahrenheit or Centigrade. Not overly helpful!
136C water can only be achieved by holding the water in a pressure vessel, and it would flash to steam immediately upon release, most likely killing the person it hit. If the temperature were really in centigrade, the award would be to the survivors.
Mark
Unless the water is superheated under pressure, it will not rise above the boiling point of 100 degrees Centigrade.
Ummmm...
If it were 136 degrees Celsius, the story would be about steam, not hot water.