An electrical heater is immersed in some melting ice that is contained in a funnel, as shown in the figure below.
The heater is switched on and, when the ice is melting at a constant rate, the mass of ice melted in 5.0 minutes is noted, together with the power
of the heater. The power
of the heater is then increased. A new reading for the mass
of ice melted in 5.0 minutes is recorded when the ice is melting at a constant rate. Data for the power
and the mass
are shown in the table below.
Complete the table above to determine the mass melted per second for each power of the heater.
Use the data in the completed table to determine
a value for the specific latent heat of fusion of ice,
the rate of thermal energy gained by the ice from the surroundings.