CALORIMETRY

1. Some hot water was added to three times its mass of cold water at 10 ºC and the resulting temperature
was found to be 20 ºC. What was the temperature of the hot water?

2. A piece of iron of mass 2.0 kg has a thermal capacity of 966J/ºC.

(i) How much heat is needed to warm it by 15 ºC?

(ii) What is its specific heat capacity in S.I. units.

3. Calculate the amount of heat released when 5.0 g of water at 20 ºC is changed into ice at 0 ºC. Specific
heat capacity of water = 4.2 J/g ºC, specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 J/g.

4. 1 g of steam at 100 ºC, is condensed to form water at 100 ºC. If there is no heat loss to the surroundings,
the heat released in this process is used to convert m2 g of ice at 0 ºC into water at 0 ºC. Find :

(i) The heat lost by steam in terms of m1.

(ii) The heat gained by ice in terms of m2.

(iii) Form a heat equation and find the ratio of m2 : m1 from it. (Specific latent heat of vaporization of
steam = 2268 kJkg-1; Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 kJkg-1; Specific heat capacity of water =
4200 Jkg-1ºC-1).

5. Calculate the heat energy that will be released when 5.0 kg of steam at 100 ºC condenses to form water
at 100 ºC. Express your answer in SI unit. (Specific latent heat of vaporization of steam is 2268 kJkg-1)

6. A thermos flask of negligible heat capacity contains 100 g of ice and 30 g of water. Calculate :

(i) the mass of steam at 100 ºC needed to condense in the flask so as to just melt the ice;

(ii) the amount of water in the flask after condensation. (Specific latent heat of vaporization of steam =
2260 Jg-1, Specific latent heat of fusion of ice = 336 Jg-1, Specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 Jg-1 ºC)

(iii) Is it possible to condense the water formed, back to ice by adding ice at 0 ºC? Explain giving a suitable
reason to justify your answer.

7. 10125 J of heat energy boils off 4.5 g of water at 100 ºC to steam at 100 ºC. Find the specific latent heat
of steam.

8. In a laboratory experiment for finding the specific latent heat of ice, 100 g of water at 30 ºC was taken
in a calorimeter made of copper and mass 10 g. When 10 g of ice at 0 ºC was added to the mixture and
kept within the liquid till the ice melted completely, the final temperature of the mixture was found to be
20 ºC:

(i) what is the total quantity of water in the calorimeter at 20 ºC

(ii) Specific heat capacities of water and copper being 4.2 J g ºC-1 and 0.4 J g º respectively, what quantity
of heat would each release in cooling down to 20 ºC from the initial stage?

(iii) Write an expression for the heat gained by ice on melting.

(iv) Calculate the value of the latent heat of fusion of ice from the data discussed above.

9. A vessel of negligible heat capacity contains 60 g of ice in it at 0 ºC. 8 g of steam at 100 ºC is passed
into the ice to melt it. Find the final temperature of the contents of the vessel (specific latent heat of fusion
of ice = 336 Jg-1, specific heat capacity of water = 4.2 Jg-1 ºC-1).

10. In a laboratory experiment to measure specific heat capacity of copper, 0.02 kg of water at 70 ºC was
poured into a copper calorimeter with a stirrer of mass 0.16 kg initially at 15 ºC. After stirring the final
temperature reached to 45 ºC. Specific heat of water is taken as 4200 Jkg-1ºC-1.

(i) What is the quantity of heat released per kg of water per 1 ºC fall in temperature?

(ii) Calculate the heat energy released by water in the experiment in cooling from 70 ºC to 45 ºC.

(iii) Assuming that the heat released by water is entirely used to raise the temperature of calorimeter from
15 ºC to 45 ºC, calculate the specific heat capacity of copper.

11. A hot solid of mass 60 g at 100 ºC is placed in 100 g of water at 18 ºC. The final steady temperature
recorded is 20 ºC. Find the specific heat capacity of the solid.

12. 2 kg of ice melts when a jet of steam at 100 ºC is passed through a hole drilled in a block of ice. What
mass of steam was used? Given: Specific heat capacity of water = 4,200 Jkg-1 ºC-1, Specific latent heat of
fusion of ice = 336 × 103 Jkg-1, Specific latent heat of vaporization of steam = 2,268 × 103 Jkg-1.

13. 10 g of ice at 0 ºC absorbed 5,460 J of heat to melt and change into water at 50 ºC. Calculate the
specific latent heat of fusion of ice. Given specific heat capacity of water is 4,200 J kg-1 ºC-1.

14. A piece of metal at 10 º C has a mass of 50 g. When it is immersed in a current of steam at 100 ºC, 0.7
g of steam is condensed on it. Calculate the specific heat of the metal. Given Latent heat of steam = 540 cal
g -1.

15. A 30 g ice cube at 0 ºC is dropped into 200 g of water at 30 ºC. Calculate the final temperature of water
when the entire ice cube has melted. Given: Latent heat of ice = 80 cal g-1; specific heat capacity of water
= 1 cal g-1 ºC-1.
16. 1 kg of ice at 0 ºC is being continuously heated through an electric heater of 1 kW. Assuming that all
the heat is transmitted to ice, calculate the time interval in second for:

(i) ice to completely melt to water at 0 ºC,

(ii) water to get heated from 0 º C to 100 ºC, (iii) water at 100 ºC to convert into steam. [Given: Specific
latent heat of ice = 3,36,000 J kg-1, Specific heat capacity of water = 4,200 J kg-1 K-1, Specific latent heat
of steam = 22,60,000 J kg-1 .]

17. A metal of mass 250 g is heated to a temperature of 65 ºC. It is then placed in 50 g of water at 20 ºC.
The final steady temperature of water becomes 25 ºC. Neglecting the heat taken by the container, calculate
the specific heat capacity of the metal.