How Steam Penetrates the Human Skin and Causes Severe Burns (IMAGE)

Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA)

How Steam Penetrates the Human Skin and Causes Severe Burns

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Steam can penetrate into the skin through different pathways: transcellular (P1), intercellular (P2) or transappendageal (P3).

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