How Much Heat Must Be Removed to Make Ice from Water at Different Temperatures?

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Homework Statement



How much heat (in kcal) must be removed to make ice at –10°C from 2 kg of water at 20°C? (The specific heat of ice is 0.5 cal/g °C.)

Homework Equations



Q=cmT

The Attempt at a Solution



I thought this problem was simple,
Q=0.5x2000x30
Then diving by 1000 again to put it into Kcal. 30 is not the right answer.
 
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Yanbeast said:

Homework Statement



How much heat (in kcal) must be removed to make ice at –10°C from 2 kg of water at 20°C? (The specific heat of ice is 0.5 cal/g °C.)
And the specific heat of water is 1.0 cal/g °C.
Yanbeast said:

Homework Equations



Q=cmT

The Attempt at a Solution



I thought this problem was simple,
Q=0.5x2000x30
Then diving by 1000 again to put it into Kcal. 30 is not the right answer.

There are three things you have to account for:
The water has to be cooled 20°C.
The water at 0°C has to be converted to ice. (80C/g)
The ice at 0°C has to be cooled to -10°C.