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This document presents calculations to determine the final temperature when 100 g of ice at -5°C is mixed with 100 mL of water at 50°C. The calculation shows the final temperature is 19.7°C and that the thermal energy balances. A second calculation then considers what would happen if only 20 mL of 50°C water is added, determining the thermal energy would not be enough to fully melt the ice so the final temperature would be 0°C.

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This document presents calculations to determine the final temperature when 100 g of ice at -5°C is mixed with 100 mL of water at 50°C. The calculation shows the final temperature is 19.7°C and that the thermal energy balances. A second calculation then considers what would happen if only 20 mL of 50°C water is added, determining the thermal energy would not be enough to fully melt the ice so the final temperature would be 0°C.

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What is the final temperature when 100 g of ice at -5ºC is mixed with 100 mL of water at

50ºC in a styrofoam cup?

|Qlost| = |Qgained|

mwcw(Tf - Ti) = mici(Tf - Ti) + miLf + micw (Tf - Ti)

(0.1 kg)(4186 J/kg ºC)(50ºC - Tf) = (0.1 kg)(2090 J/kg ºC)(5ºC) + (0.1 kg)(33500 J/kg) +
(0.1 kg)(4186 J/kg ºC)(Tf- 0ºC)

21 kJ – (419 J/ºC) Tf = 1.0 kJ + 3.4 kJ + (419 J/ºC) Tf

2(419 J/ºC) Tf = 21 kJ - 1.0 kJ - 3.4 kJ

Tf = 19.7 ºC

Check: |Qlost| = |Qgained| ?


12.7 kJ = 1.0 kJ + 3.4 kJ + 8.3 kJ YES!

What if only 20 mL of water at 50ºC is added to 100 g of ice at -5ºC? What happens
then? Will all of the ice melt?

mwcw(Tf - Ti) = mici(Tf - Ti) + miLf + micw (Tf - Ti)

(0.02 kg)(4186 J/kg ºC)(50ºC - Tf) = (0.1 kg)(2090 J/kg ºC)(5ºC) + (0.1 kg)(33500 J/kg)
+ (0.1 kg)(4186 J/kg ºC)(Tf- 0ºC)

4.2 kJ – (419 J/ºC) Tf = 1.0 kJ + 3.4 kJ + (419 J/ºC) Tf

2(419 J/ºC) Tf = 4.2 kJ - 1.0 kJ - 3.4 kJ < 0

The thermal energy of the warm water is not enough to melt all of the ice (only 93% of
it), so the final temperature of the ice/water mixture will be 0ºC.

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