Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Heat of Fusion Lab

                                                          Heat of Fusion for Ice

Purpose: The purpose is to find the heat of fusion for ice.

Procedure: 
1. Start with 100 ml H2O @ 50° Celsius.
2. Place into calorimeter and record the temperature.
3. Drop 2 to 3 ice cubes in and stir until temperature no longer drops. Remove any ice. Don't run out of ice. 
4. Measure new volume.

Data:
Starting Volume & Temperature: 100 ml of water---> 50° Celsius 
New Volume & Temperature: 163 ml of water---> 1.4° Celsius

Calculations: 
1. Mass of H2O used (100 ml = 100 g)
2. Find heat of hot H2O (m x delta T x c): 100x-48.7x4.18=-20356.6
3. Determine q ice: 100x48.7x4.18=20356.6
4. Determine mass of melted ice, then change to mols: 63 g--->3.5 mols (63/18=3.5)
5. Calculate delta H fusion (kJ/mol): 6.01 kJ/mol

Q heat = 163 ml
50 - 1.4 = 48.6
20356.6 J--->20.3kJ (a kilojoule is a hundredth of a joule, so when you move the decimal to one hundredth of a place, 20356.6J turns into 20.3kJ)

Conclusion: When ice is placed in hot water it will melt, but will not get colder past a certain temperature. The temperature of this certain point is 1.40° Celsius. This is because in a phase diagram, each section has its own specific temperature and pressure.