Specific Heat Capacity and Specific Latent Heat
 

Specific Heat Capacity and Specific Latent Heat problem 50


  • Define specific latent heat of fusion.


  • A mass of of ice at is taken from a freezer and placed in a beaker containing of water at . Data for ice and for water are given in the figure below.




    • Calculate the quantity of thermal energy required to convert the ice at to water at .


    • Assuming that the beaker has negligible mass, calculate the final temperature of the water in the beaker.


 

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