Water, Ice, Steam Mixture - Final Temperature

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The discussion focuses on calculating the final equilibrium temperature of a closed system containing 3.50 kg of dry saturated steam at 100°C, 2 kg of ice at 0°C, and 50 kg of water at 20°C. The key equations used include the heat transfer equation Q=MCΔT and the latent heat values for steam (2257 kJ/kg) and ice (335 kJ/kg). The user initially calculated the heat released by the steam and the heat absorbed by the ice but overlooked the correct unit conversion for latent heat. The correct approach involves balancing the heat exchanges to find the equilibrium temperature.

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Hi i am a brand new member to this forum i am studying to be a power engineer and thermodynamics is one of the courses I need to succeed. If i could get help with this problem it would be much appreciated.

Homework Statement


A perfectly insulated box contains 3.50kg of dry saturated steam at 100C, 2kg of ice at 0C and 50kg of water at 20C. Assuming that all of the steam condenses and that all of the ice melts, calculate the equilibrium temperature by the closed system.


Homework Equations



Q=MCdelta T

The Attempt at a Solution



Ive tried this several times and i got close to the answer but i must be missing something.

Steam ---> Water
3.5kg(2257kj/kg) = 7899.5
Ice ----> Water
2kg(335kj/kg) = 670

IM just going to stop there cause I am not sure if I am on the right track.
0=mcdelta t + mc delta t + mc delta t

Thanks for the help in advance
 
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mrjester1989 said:
Hi i am a brand new member to this forum i am studying to be a power engineer and thermodynamics is one of the courses I need to succeed. If i could get help with this problem it would be much appreciated.

Homework Statement


A perfectly insulated box contains 3.50kg of dry saturated steam at 100C, 2kg of ice at 0C and 50kg of water at 20C. Assuming that all of the steam condenses and that all of the ice melts, calculate the equilibrium temperature by the closed system.


Homework Equations



Q=MCdelta T

The Attempt at a Solution



Ive tried this several times and i got close to the answer but i must be missing something.

Steam ---> Water
3.5kg(2257kj/kg) = 7899.5
Ice ----> Water
2kg(335kj/kg) = 670

IM just going to stop there cause I am not sure if I am on the right track.
0=mcdelta t + mc delta t + mc delta t

Thanks for the help in advance

That is a good start, except for ignoring the kilo in latent heat 335kJ/kg that is [same for steam].
 

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