Which of the following best explains a person suffers more severe burns when his skin is exposed to steam than when boiling water is poured onto his skin?

• A steam is at a higher temperature than boiling water
• B steam posses greater heat energy per unit-mass than boiling water
• C steam spreads more easily over a wider area of the skin than boiling water
• D steam panetrates more easily over a wider area of the skin than boiling water
• E the specific latent heat of vaporization is released in changing from boiling water to steam