Icy Hot Lab

Purpose: to see how much heat energy is required to melt ice

Procedure: put cup with ice and water over a burner, keep the heat on a constant rate, then record
results every 20 seconds.

Materials: cup, ice and water, burner, thermometer, heating pad

Data/ Calculations:
Celsuis

Seconds

Time: 0 -3

Time: 20 -3

Time: 40 -3

Time: 60 -2

Time: 80 -2

Time: 100 -1

Time: 120 -1

Time: 140 1

Time: 160 5

Time: 180 6

Time: 200 10

Time: 220 5
Time: 240 5

Time: 260 5

Time: 280 5

Time: 300 5

Time: 320 5

Time: 340 5

Time: 360 3

Time: 380 3

Time: 400 3

Time: 420 4

Time: 440 5

Time: 460 5

Time: 480 5

Time: 500 5

Time: 520 6
Time: 540 6

Time: 560 7

Time: 580 10

Time: 600 10

Time: 620 20

Time: 640 22

Time: 660 26

Time: 680 27

Time: 700 30

Time: 720 31

Time: 740 34

Time: 760 35

Time: 780 37

Time: 800 40

Time: 820 41
Time: 840 43

Time: 860 48

Time: 880 54

Time: 900 55

Time: 920 58

Time: 940 60

Time: 960 62

Time: 980 64

Time: 1000 67

Time: 1020 71

Time: 1040 74

Time: 1060 76

Time: 1080 78

Time: 1100 80

Time: 1120 82
Time: 1140 84

Time: 1160 87

Time: 1180 90

Time: 1200 95

Time: 1220 97

Time: 1240 99

Time: 1260 100

1. Did the system in this lab involve a chemical change? Explain. No, there were no chemicals
involved in this experiment, only ice, water, and heat.
Did the system absorb or release energy? Explain.
The system released energy into the cup, therefore heating it up and making the particles move fast.
2. For each region on your graph,
a. describe how the energy supplied by the burner was stored by the system
(Eth or Eph)
b. state what phases were present
c. draw a model at the particle level that shows how the water particles were behaving.

3. How would increasing the rate of heating by using two burners affect the shape of the curve?
The Curve would be steeper and the rate would increase faster.

Conclusion: water and ice takes 25-30 minutes to go from -3 degrees Celsius to 100 degrees Celsius