Iron and Ice in Aluminum bucket of water

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Homework Help Overview

The discussion revolves around a thermal equilibrium problem involving an iron ball, an aluminum bucket, water, and an ice cube. Participants are tasked with finding the final temperature of the system after mixing these components, each with specified masses and specific heat capacities.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory, Assumption checking, Mathematical reasoning

Approaches and Questions Raised

  • Participants explore the heat exchange between the iron, aluminum, water, and ice, questioning the assumptions made about the system's heat capacities and the effects of transcription errors in the provided data.

Discussion Status

Several participants have offered calculations and corrections, particularly regarding the specific heat capacities and the energy exchanges involved. There is ongoing exploration of how to account for the heat required to raise the temperature of the ice to 0°C and the subsequent melting process. No explicit consensus has been reached, but productive lines of reasoning are being developed.

Contextual Notes

Participants note potential transcription errors in the specific heat capacities and discuss the implications of these errors on the calculations. The discussion also highlights the need to consider the total heat available in the system and the constraints imposed by the masses and specific heat values of the components involved.

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Homework Statement


Iron ball Mass = 0.8 kg, Cp=484, Ti=80 Celsius edit : Cp = 448
Aluminum Bucket = 0.5 kg, Cp=900, Ti=20 Celsius
Water = 0.6 kg, Cp=4186, Ti=20 Celsius
Ice cube=0.5 Kg, Cp=2090, Lf=3.33e5, Ti=-5 Celsius

Find the final temperature of the bucket.

Homework Equations


Delta Q = 0 in equilibrium

The Attempt at a Solution


At fist I took into consideration only the water,iron and Aluminum to find the temperature in equilibrium
Delta Q = 4186*0.6*(Tf-20)+900*0.5*(Tf-20)+448*0.8(Tf-80)=0
The final temperature I got is 26.47 Celsius

Next I calculate the amount of energy release from 0.6 kg of water = 600*4.182*26.47=66,482 J
Then I divided it by the amount of energy needed to bring this amount of water to 0 Celsius - 66,482/333=199.645 Grams of ice.
Since we have 0.5 kg of ice Tf will be equal to 0 Celsius and 0.3 Kg of the ice will remain in the bucket.

In order to proof it I wrote the following equation = Delta Q = 4186*0.6*(Tf-26.47)+2090*0.199*(0-(-5)) +0.199*3.33e5+4186*(0.199)*(Tf-0)=0

I got Tf= -0.65 Celsius which could be a result of roundoff error so it seems like I got the right answer.

But I think that I did something wrong since I ignored the Iron and the Aluminum in my last equation.

Thank you for your help!
 
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LiorSh said:
Cp=484
LiorSh said:
448*0.8(Tf-80)=0
Try it again.
 
I think I wrote it by mistake - the given number is 448 for the Cp of the iron
 
LiorSh said:
the given number is 448 for the Cp
Okay. Transcription errors happen to all of us.
LiorSh said:
since I ignored the Iron and the Aluminum in my last equation.
What's the heat capacity of water + bucket + iron? That's the system you're cooling with the ice.
 
4.186*600g*26.47+0.450*800*26.47+0.900*500*26.47= 87880 The heat capacity of the system. Do I need to divide it by 333 now? then I get 263.905 grams of ice needed to bring the system to 0 Celsius.
 
LiorSh said:
Cp=2090, Lf=3.33e5, Ti=-5 Celsius
These numbers aren't just along for the ride.
LiorSh said:
Do I need to divide it by 333 now?
No. 3.33e5, or 3.33 x 105, or 330,000 comes in after one more step; the ice has in initial temperature less than that of the melting point.
 
Delta Q =(-87880+3320Tf)+(2090*0.500)*(0-(-5)) +0.500*3.33e5+4186*(0.500)*(Tf-0)=0 (The red part is from the first equation).
than I get -20 Celsius which is impossible.
There must be something I'm not aware of. What am I missing?
 
How much heat from bucket, water, and iron to raise the temperature of the ice to 0 C? How much does that lower the temperature of the bucket, water, and iron?
 
To raise the temperature of the ice to 0 we need 2.090 x 500 x 5 = 5225 J.
Bringing the Ice to 0 Celsius will lower the temp of the bucket by 1.6 Celsius ------> 87880-5225=3320Tf => 24.90 C

Is that correct?
Than Heat to melt the Ice = 3.33e5x0.5 = 166500 J
 
  • #10
Yes, and is there that much heat available in the bucket-water-iron?
 
  • #11
Nope, we have only 82655 left in the bucket
 
  • #12
And the final T is what?
 
  • #13
that means that we can use only 82655 of heat to melt the ice - which leaves us with 166500-82655= 83845
So it will melt 0.248 kg of the ice and the rest of the ice will remain in the bucket at 0 Celsius.

Is that correct? or there is a different way to prove it?
 
  • #14
I haven't checked all your arithmetic, but the only bug I've seen was the transcription error in the original post, so you should be good to go.
 
  • #15
It was a typo. In my notebook I used the right number. Thank you so much!
 

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