Q.

A piece of ice (heat capacity =2100 J kg-1 °C-1 and latent heat =3.36×105 J kg-1) of mass m grams is at -5°C at atmospheric pressure. It is given 420 J of heat so that the ice starts melting. Finally when the ice-water mixture is in equilibrium, it is found that 1 gm of ice has melted. Assuming there is no other heat exchange in the process, the value of m is                    [2010]


Ans.

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As there is no other heat exchange in this process, So, Heat supplied = Heat used in converting m grams of ice from -5°C to 0°C + Heat used in converting 1 gram of ice at 0°C to water at 0°C

or, 420=mcΔθ+ml

⇒420=m×21001000×5+1×3.36×1051000

⇒420=m×10.5+336

∴  m=8410.5=8 g