A metal ball of mass and at is placed on a block of ice when of ice melts. If the specific heat capacity of the metal ball is , calculate the specific latent heat of ice.
Step 1: Given data
Step 2: Calculating the heat gained by ice to melt
Let the specific latent heat of ice is
The amount of heat required to melt the ice is
Step 3: Calculating the Heat lost by the metal ball
The heat lost by the ball
Step 4: Calculating the sp. latent heat of ice
The main theorem of calorimetry
Hence, the specific latent heat of ice is .