A vacuum flask consists of ice of mass m at 0 C. Hot water at tmperature T is poured into the flask. What is the mass of water M needed so that all the ice is melted and the final temperature of the water is 0 C? Take the specific heat capacity of water to be c and the specific latent heat of fusion of ice to be l. M
Answer:
energy lost by hot water = McT
energy gained by the ice = ml
By conversion of energy,
McT = ml
M=ml/cT
The heat capacity of the flask needs not be known because there is no temperature change.
Why there is no temperature change? Even the initial temperature of the ice and the final temperature of water is the same. But when the hot water is added, won't it affect the temperature of the liquid? I doubt if the mixture can remain at 0 C at the time.
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