Melting and Boiling
 

Melting and Boiling problem 25


An immersion heater is put into some crushed ice at . The immersion heater is switched on as shown below.




  • Sketch the graph of temperature against time, up to the time when all the ice has melted


  • The heater is left switched on after all the ice has melted, and the temperature rises. After some time, the temperature stops rising, even though the heater is still on.


    • Suggest why the temperature stops rising, even though the heater is still on.

    • State what happens to the energy received by the water whilst this is happening.


 

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