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Originally Posted by masraum
5 seconds of 140º will give you 1st degree burns, or maybe 2nd degree, but I don't think it'll give you 3rd degree burns at that temp.
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Degree of burn is a factor of temp and time of contact / exposure.
You can get a 3rd from something thats 115 degrees. It'll take hours of contact but it's possible.
The degree of a burn is how deep into the tissue it goes.
3rd is full thickness, all 3 layers, Epidermis, Dermis, Subcu fat.
140 at 1 second won't give you a 3rd but at 5 seconds of contact it will.