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Calculate the heat of fusion of ice from the following data for ice at 0C added to water. Mass of calorimeter = 60gm, mass of calorimeter + water = 460 gm, mass of calorimeter + water + ice = 618 gm, initial temperature of water = 38C, final temperature of the mixture = 5C. The specific heat of calorimeter = 0.10 cal/g/C. Assume that the calorimeter was also at 0C initially.


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86 cal/kg

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86 cal/gm

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78 cal/kg

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78 cal/gm

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Solution

The correct option is D

78 cal/gm


Mass of water = 460 - 60 = 400gm

Mass of ice = 618 - 460 = 158 gm

Heat lost by water = Heat gained by ice to melt + Heat gained by (water from molten ice + calorimeter) to reach 5C

400 × 1 × (385) = 158 × L + 158 × 1 × 5 + 60 × 0.1 × 5 (where L is the latent heat of fusion of ice)

L = 78.35 cal/gm


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