Calorimetry, Latent Heat & Mechanical Equivalent of Heat
M grams of steam at 100oC is mixed with 200 g of ice at its melting point in a thermally insulated container. If it produced liquid water at 40oC [heat of vaporization of water is 540 cal/g and heat of fusion of ice is 80 cal/g] the value of M is ____
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Answer: 40
- Heat lost by steam (condense + cool to C) = heat gained by ice (melt + warm to C).
- So .