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Temperature Temperament II (Posted on 2013-04-04) Difficulty: 3 of 5
At a bar, there is a bucket containing ice, some of which has melted. A bartender gets an ice cube weighing 20 grams from the ice bucket and puts it into a perfectly insulated cup containing 100 grams of water at 20 degrees Celsius.

Will the ice cube melt completely? What will be the final temperature of the water in the cup?

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The heat of fusion of water, as given in Wikipedia, is 79.72 cal/g. So during melting, the 20 g of ice absorbs 1594.4 calories (the small kind). The ice was at exactly 0° Celsius as it was already in a partially melted bucket.

The new water from the melted ice will also absorb some more calories: 20 calories per degree as there are 20 grams. Let the new temperature be x. The 100 g of old water will lose 100 calories per degree that it lowers below 20. The heat gained by the new ice/water must equal the heat lost by the old water:

1594.4 + 20*x = 100*(20-x) = 2000 - 100*x

120*x = 2000 - 1594.4 = 405.6

x = 405.6/120 = 3.38

Since the 2000 calories based on the 100 grams of water at 20°C is larger than the heat of melting of the ice, the ice does completely melt and the water at the end is at 3.38°C.


  Posted by Charlie on 2013-04-04 14:12:22
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