You take an ice cube (mass = 18g) from the freezer (T=-10°C) and place it on the table. Later that day, you notice a puddle of water on the table that has reached ambient room temperature (20°C). How much heat must have been absorbed to make this happen?

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Quinn Proctor

13 July, 05:29

You take an ice cube (mass = 18g) from the freezer (T=-10°C) and place it on the table. Later that day, you notice a puddle of water on the table that has reached ambient room temperature (20°C). How much heat must have been absorbed to make this happen?

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June Shepard · Answer 1

The equation to be used to calculate the heat absorbed when solid melts is the enthalpy of melting. It is represented as H = mCpT where H is the heat released after phase change, m is the mass of the substance, Cp is the specific heat capacity of the substance and T is the change in temperature.

H = mCpT

H = (18g/1000g/kg) (4.184kJ/kg-K) (293 - (-263))

H = 41.87kJ