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Calculate the heat supplied by the electric heater.
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4 stepsCalculate the heat supplied by the electric heater.
The heat supplied by the heater is given by the formula .
Given:
Voltage
Current
TimeCalculate the heat gained by the ice.
The problem states "a piece of ice of mass 2kg is added at a temperature of " and also provides the "latent heat capacity of ice". Ice cannot exist at . This is a common ambiguity in physics problems. We will assume the intention is that the ice is at , melts, and then the resulting water warms up. If it were already water at , the latent heat would not be relevant.
First, calculate the heat required to melt the ice at :
Given:
Mass of ice
Latent heat of fusion of iceNext, calculate the heat required to warm the melted ice (now water) from to the final temperature :
Given:
Specific heat capacity of waterThe total heat gained by the ice is:
Calculate the heat lost by the initial water and the copper calorimeter.
The initial temperature of the water and the calorimeter is .
Heat lost by the initial water:
Given:
Mass of initial water
Initial temperature of waterHeat lost by the copper calorimeter:
Given:
Mass of copper calorimeter
Specific heat capacity of copper
Initial temperature of copperThe total heat lost by the warmer components is:
Apply the principle of conservation of energy.
Assuming negligible heat loss to the surroundings, the total heat supplied by the heater plus the heat lost by the warmer components equals the total heat gained by the colder components.
Rearrange the equation to solve for :
Rounding to two decimal places, the final temperature is:
The final temperature of the mixture is .
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