Heat Exchange: Ice added to water

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The discussion focuses on calculating the final temperature of a mixture when ice is added to water, emphasizing the heat exchange principle where heat lost equals heat gained. Participants express confusion about the specific heat of ice, debating whether to use 0.5 or 1 cal/g-co, and clarify that if the ice starts at 0°C, only the latent heat of fusion should be considered for melting. The conversation reveals that a negative final temperature indicates not all ice has melted, suggesting a need to reassess the mass of ice and energy calculations. Ultimately, the final temperature cannot be negative if the ice is assumed to start at 0°C, reinforcing that the mixture's temperature will remain at or above 0°C. Understanding these principles is crucial for solving the problem accurately.
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Homework Statement



A glass containing water is initially of temperature 20oC. The mass of the glass is 100 g and of specific heat 0.16 cal/g-co and water is of mass 200g. If 5 cubes of ice each of mass 15g will be added to the glass of water, solve for
(a) The temperature of the mixture.
(b) The mass of ice remaining if any.

Homework Equations



Qloss+Qgained=0
Q=mCΔt

The Attempt at a Solution



Ok so used the equation for heat exchange and I arrived at the equation,

mCΔt of water + mCΔt of glass + mCΔt of ice = 0

My concern is the Specific heat that I will use for C of ice, because my teacher said to only use 0.5 when below 0 degrees but it doesn't really say its temperature in the problem. Will I use 1 or 0.5?

And for part b, I need some tips on how to start solving for the possible remaining ice
 
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well if you want to find the temperature of the mixture, you'll have to do the following:

0=\mu_{cup}(\theta_{f}-\theta_{i})+m_{1}C_{w}(\theta_{f}-\theta i)+m_{2}C_{ice}(\theta_{f}-\theta_{i})

after you write that down you'll have to foil everything out then factor out what needs to be factored out with θf and just do simple algebra to find the final temperature.
 
XwyhyX said:

Homework Statement



A glass containing water is initially of temperature 20oC. The mass of the glass is 100 g and of specific heat 0.16 cal/g-co and water is of mass 200g. If 5 cubes of ice each of mass 15g will be added to the glass of water, solve for
(a) The temperature of the mixture.
(b) The mass of ice remaining if any.


Homework Equations



Qloss+Qgained=0
Q=mCΔt

The Attempt at a Solution



Ok so used the equation for heat exchange and I arrived at the equation,

mCΔt of water + mCΔt of glass + mCΔt of ice = 0

My concern is the Specific heat that I will use for C of ice, because my teacher said to only use 0.5 when below 0 degrees but it doesn't really say its temperature in the problem. Will I use 1 or 0.5?

And for part b, I need some tips on how to start solving for the possible remaining ice

The ice is probably starting at 0o, so you don't have to worry about it warming up. You do have to account for the ice melting though - you need to use the latent heat of fusion.

Part (b) suggest not all the ice will be melted, so I would be working out how much heat energy has to be absorbed to cool the glass and water to 0o, and see how much ice that heat would melt.
Suppose that will melt 55 grams of ice, then the final mix will be at 0o, with 20g [of the original 75g,] still remaining.
 
mtayab1994 said:
well if you want to find the temperature of the mixture, you'll have to do the following:

0=\mu_{cup}(\theta_{f}-\theta_{i})+m_{1}C_{w}(\theta_{f}-\theta i)+m_{2}C_{ice}(\theta_{f}-\theta_{i})

after you write that down you'll have to foil everything out then factor out what needs to be factored out with θf and just do simple algebra to find the final temperature.

SO what about melting the ice!
 
@PeterO

So you mean that instead of (mCΔt) of ice for the Qloss, i'll just have to use (mLatent) of ice instead and that only?
 
XwyhyX said:
@PeterO

So you mean that instead of (mCΔt) of ice for the Qloss, i'll just have to use (mLatent) of ice instead and that only?

In most of these problems, yes.

Sometimes we are told that the ice cubes begin at a negative temperture - like -10o - and you then also need a bit of (mCΔt) of ice to allow for the ice warming up to 0o. If you are not given the beginning temperature of the ice, it is reasonable to assume it begins at 0o.
 
I tried that, making the equation

mcΔt of water + mcΔt of glass +mLf

I used this for part a. but i get a negative value,-7.78 degrees is that possible, since i assumed that the ice started from 0 degrees it can't go lower than that can they?
 
bro,

some part of the ice melts, and the other doesnt. madali lng yn homework :)
 
blackandyello said:
bro,

some part of the ice melts, and the other doesnt. madali lng yn homework :)

Ano sagot? haha!
 
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XwyhyX said:
I tried that, making the equation

mcΔt of water + mcΔt of glass +mLf

I used this for part a. but i get a negative value,-7.78 degrees is that possible, since i assumed that the ice started from 0 degrees it can't go lower than that can they?

That negative temperature is an indicator that not all the ice melted. If you considered the ice had a smaller mass, the answer would have been zero degrees.
That leads to part (b)

re-read post #3; my first response.
 
  • #11
PeterO said:
That negative temperature is an indicator that not all the ice melted. If you considered the ice had a smaller mass, the answer would have been zero degrees.
That leads to part (b)

re-read post #3; my first response.

Thanks. I get it now. :D Last concern, is the negative temperature acceptable as the final temperature of the mixture? Just so I can clear things out. Haha

Thanks again! :D
 
  • #12
XwyhyX said:
Thanks. I get it now. :D Last concern, is the negative temperature acceptable as the final temperature of the mixture? Just so I can clear things out. Haha

Thanks again! :D

The final temperature will never be higher than the beginning highest temperature, nor lower than the beginning lowest temperature.

If we assume the ice begins at 0o that means the final temperature will be at, or above 0o.The only way to get a negative final temperature would be to begin with ice at a very negative temperature - and then the final mix would be solid [ice].
 
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