POST LAB DISCUSSION

EXPT 02: LATENT HEAT OF FUSION OF ICE

SAMPLE DATA:

a. Mass of calorimeter = 230.6 g

b. Initial temperature of warm water = 44.0 0C
c. Mass of calorimeter + warm water = 344. 0 g
d. Mass of warm water (c- a) = 113. 4 g
e. Mass of calorimeter + warm water+ ice = 354. 0 g
f. Mass of ice alone (e – c) = 10.0 g
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g. Initial temperature of ice = 0 C
h. Final temperature of warm water + ice = 34.0 0C
i. Latent heat of fusion of ice (LHF of ice) ,expt’al = 332.21 J/g
j. Latent heat of fusion of ice (LHF of ice) ,theoretical = 335 J/g
k. Percent Error = 0.83 %

COMPUTATIONS:
Q1 Q2
ice (s) → H2O (l) → H2O (l)

𝑄 = 𝑚 × 𝑠𝑝. ℎ𝑡 × ∆𝑡
− 𝑄 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 𝑄 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑐𝑒
− 𝑄 𝑤𝑎𝑟𝑚 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟 = 𝑄 𝑖𝑐𝑒 + 𝑄 𝑤𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟

−[𝑚𝑤𝑤 × 𝑠𝑝 ℎ𝑡𝑤𝑤 × (𝑇𝑓 − 𝑇𝑖)]𝑤𝑤 = [𝑚𝑖𝑐𝑒 × 𝐿𝐻𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑒 ] + [𝑚𝑖𝑐 𝑒 𝑠𝑝 ℎ𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑒 × (𝑇𝑓 − 𝑇𝑖)]𝑖𝑐𝑒
𝐽 𝐽
− [(113.4 𝑔) (4.184 𝑔−℃) (34℃ − 44℃)] = [(10𝑔) × 𝐿𝐻𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑒 ] + [(10𝑔) (4.184 𝑔−℃) (34℃ − 0℃)]
𝑤𝑤 𝑖𝑐𝑒

LHF of ice (experimental) = 332.21 J /g

𝐿𝐻𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑒(𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙)− 𝐿𝐻𝐹
𝑖𝑐𝑒(𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙)
% 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = 𝐿𝐻𝐹𝑖𝑐𝑒 (𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙)

𝐽
335𝑔−332.21 𝐽/𝑔
% 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = × 100
335 𝐽/𝑔

% 𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟 = 0.83 %

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ANSWERS TO REVIEW QUESTIONS:

1. a. a single large piece of ice - low final temperature ; hard to melt

b. very fine shavings of ice - high final temperature ; easy to melt

2. If 5.0 grams of water are transferred to the calorimeter on the surface of the ice, the calculated
value for the LHF of ice will be too low because LHF of ice is inversely proportional to the mass.

3. YES, because increasing the mass will make calculated LHF of ice lower

− 𝑄 𝑙𝑜𝑠𝑡 𝑏𝑦 𝑑𝑖𝑒𝑡 𝑐𝑜𝑙𝑎 = 𝑄 𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑖𝑐𝑒

𝐽 𝑗
− [(340𝑚𝐿)(1𝑔/𝑚𝐿) (4.184 𝑔−℃) (0℃ − 20.5℃)] = [(𝑚) × 335 𝑔−℃]
𝑤𝑤

Mass of ice = 87.05 g

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