Mixing Ice and Water – Rankers Physics
Topic: Thermal Physics
Subtopic: Calorimetry

Mixing Ice and Water

Assertion (A): If one gram of ice at \(0^{\circ}\text{C}\) is mixed with one gram of water at \(80^{\circ}\text{C}\), then the final temperature of mixture will be \(0^{\circ}\text{C}\).
Reason (R): Latent heat of ice is \(540\text{ cal/g}\).
 
Both (A) & (R) are true and the (R) is the correct explanation of the (A)
Both (A) & (R) are true but the (R) is not the correct explanation of the (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
Both (A) and (R) are false

Solution:

Heat to melt 1g ice at \(0^{\circ}\text{C}\text{ is }1 \times 80\text{ cal/g} = 80\text{ cal}\). Heat from 1g water cooling from \(80^{\circ}\text{C}\text{ to }0^{\circ}\text{C}\text{ is }1 \times 1 \times 80 = 80\text{ cal}\). All ice melts, final temperature is \(0^{\circ}\text{C}\). So (A) is true.


Latent heat of fusion of ice is \(80\text{ cal/g}\), not \(540\text{ cal/g}\). So (R) is false.

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