Question

A 2.0kg metal block is heated in a flame until it reaches a temperature of 450 C. It is then immediately transferred to a bucket which contains a large amount of ice at 0 C. After waiting for a while, the bucket contains ice, water, and the block all at 0 C.

If the specific heat capacity of the metal was 500 J/KgC calculate the amount of ice that you would expect to melt

Answer 1

the amount of ice can be melt is approx 5 kg