Thermodynamics: Mixing ice and water

Join the discussion
Registration is free. Ask a follow-up in this thread, or start your own.
4 replies · 2K views
iAlexN
Messages
16
Reaction score
0
10 g of ice at -20C and 100g of water at +5C is mixed together. How much water and ice will there be once the system reaches equilibrium (assuming no heat is lost)?

Specific heat of water and ice: [tex]4.186*10^3, 2.108*10^3[/tex]
Latent heat of fusion of ice: [tex]333.55*10^3[/tex]

All in units [tex](kg^{-1} * C^{-1})[/tex]

My try:

[tex]Energy_{water} = (0.1 * 5 * 4.186 * 10^3) = 2093 J[/tex]
[tex]Energy_{water} - Heating_{ice} = 2093 - (0.01 * 2.108 * 10^3 * 20) = 2071.92J[/tex]

Melting the ice with the remaning energy:

[tex]2071.92 = 333.55*10^3 * x[/tex]
[tex]x ≈ 0.062 grams[/tex]

But the right answer is supposed to be 5 grams of ice melted.

Where did I go wrong? I thought it was a bit to simple to be correct.

Edit: +5 not -5 for water.

Thank you!
 
Last edited:
Physics news on Phys.org
Chestermiller said:
Are you sure about that -5C for the water?

Thank you. It is supposed to be +5 C for the water.
 
Chestermiller said:
The following is incorrect arithmetic: 2093−(0.01∗2.108∗103∗20)=2071.92J

Also, you should be dividing by 333 J/gm, not 333000.

Chet

Oh, I see. Thanks!