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Homework Statement
How much heat is required to heat 0.2kg of ice from -20°C to 30°C?
Homework Equations
Total heat lost or gained : ##Q = mcΔt## where ##Δt## is the change in temperature and c is the heat capacity.
Latent Heat Fusion : ##Q = mL_f##
The Attempt at a Solution
From my understanding, I think I need to break this problem down into states.
The ice will start melting at 0°C ( since ice is just condensed water ). So the ice must be heated from -20°C to 0°C for it to melt.
Then we must use Latent Heat to melt the ice.
Finally we would have to heat the water from 0°C to 30°C.
So the amount of heat we would need can be expressed by the equation :
##Q_T = Q_{Ice} + Q_{Melt} + Q_{Water} = mc_{Ice}Δt_{Ice} + mL_f + mc_{Water}Δt_{Water}##
Then plugging and chugging I get :
##(0.2 kg)(2100 J/kg°C)(0°C + 20°C) + (0.2 kg)(330000 J/kg) + (0.2)(4200 J/kg°C)(30°C - 0°C) = 99600J##
Therefore 99600J of heat would be required to heat the ice from its original state to a heated state of water.
Does this look okay?