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How much ice at 273 K can be melted by 5.00 * 10^3 J? ?

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  • 2 months ago

    The specific heat capacity of water is about 4.18.

    That means it takes 4.18 joules to increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree Celsius (or 1 Kelvin).

    In this case, we need to increase the temperature of the ice to the melting point of water, which is 0 degrees Celsius, or approximately 273.15 Kelvins; so we need to increase its temperature by 273.15 - 273 = 0.15 Kelvins or 0.15 degrees Celsius.

    So for that, we need 4.18 * 0.15 = 0.627 joules per gram.

    If you have 5.00 * 10^3 = 5000 joules, divide that by 0.627 to get approximately 7974.4816586921850079744816586922 grams; almost 8 kilograms.

    That's around 8 litres of ice.

  • 2 months ago

    (5000 J)/(334 J/g) = about 16 grams but use a calculator.

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