ED564 SCI-M 216L THERMODYNAMICS (LABORATORY)

1st Semester, 2022-2023

Name: Edicto, Beatrice Caroline S. Instructor: Engr. Juanita Z. Sayson

BSED- SCIENCE 2- B2 WED 9:00 – 12:00 NN Date: November 09, 2022

ACTIVITY #4

The quantity of heat energy needed to convert a substance from a solid to a

liquid is known as the heat of fusion. Enthalpy of fusion is another name for it. Joules
per gram (J/g) or calories per gram (cal/g) are typically used as its units. The solution to
this example problem shows how to determine how much energy is needed to melt a
sample of water ice. Water has more internal energy than ice does. Water does not
change temperature as ice melts into it; instead, it absorbs thermal energy from its
surroundings. The energy absorbed allows the water molecules in crystalline ice to
break free from the connections holding them together. During the change from a solid
to a liquid, thermal energy is absorbed by the substance, but its temperature is
unaltered. The thermal energy, Q, is influenced by the mass, m, and the latent heat of
fusion, Lf. If a substance transforms from being solid to liquid and subsequently
changes temperature, the total amount of energy involved is the sum of the thermal
energy for the phase shift and the thermal energy for the temperature change. In our
case, ice melts into water at 0 degrees Celsius, which causes the water to warm up.

The Latent Heat of Fusion concept and the Law of Heat Exchange were both
used to figure out the ice's latent heat of fusion for this experiment. A change in
temperature causes the substance's enthalpy to convert the phase of matter from solid
to ice. The precise mass and kind of the components have a direct impact on how much
heat is used. With the assumption that the ice had a beginning temperature of 0°C, the
heat of fusion of ice was estimated using a calorimeter and the law of heat exchange.
The substance exists in both its liquid and solid phases under a constant pressure,
where the concept of thermal equilibrium was also used.

In conclusion, the research confirmed that calorimeters can accurately measure

heat transfer. With the aid of the concept of a calorimeter, we were able to convert heat
transfer into numerical quantities and calculate the heat of fusion. Thermal equilibrium
was attained by putting ice in heated water. This idea can be used widely in research
and industry in tandem to the experiment to assess efficiency and temperature
conditions.