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david98999
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Good day members of physics forums .
I am a university student currently studying thermodynamics and I just am a bit confused about a heat transfer problem.
If you have the following items: 1 metal container which is well insulated from the outside ;
; 1 quantity of water and an icecube .
The water and the metal container are at 22 degrees celcius .
The ice cube is at the melting point 0 degrees celcius
The ice is added to the metal container and when thermal equilibrium is reached the temperature of the system is 15 degrees.
the heat transfer equation is Q(water)+Q(ICE) +Q(container)=0 in an isolated system where the heat of the container/water increases the temperature of the ice as the container/water decrease in temperature.
now with regards to the heat tranfer of the ice Q(ICE) I am a bit confused
I believe that the equation should be Q(ICE)=change in temperature =mc(Delta T)
but I am unsure if I should add the heat of transformation equation Q=ML .I think we don't need to because the ice cube is already at room temperature but i would kindly like to verify this because I am unsure.
Thank you .
I am a university student currently studying thermodynamics and I just am a bit confused about a heat transfer problem.
If you have the following items: 1 metal container which is well insulated from the outside ;
; 1 quantity of water and an icecube .
The water and the metal container are at 22 degrees celcius .
The ice cube is at the melting point 0 degrees celcius
The ice is added to the metal container and when thermal equilibrium is reached the temperature of the system is 15 degrees.
the heat transfer equation is Q(water)+Q(ICE) +Q(container)=0 in an isolated system where the heat of the container/water increases the temperature of the ice as the container/water decrease in temperature.
now with regards to the heat tranfer of the ice Q(ICE) I am a bit confused
I believe that the equation should be Q(ICE)=change in temperature =mc(Delta T)
but I am unsure if I should add the heat of transformation equation Q=ML .I think we don't need to because the ice cube is already at room temperature but i would kindly like to verify this because I am unsure.
Thank you .