After an afternoon party, a small cooler full of ice is dumped onto the hot ground and melts. If the cooler contained 7.70 kg of ice and the temperature of the ground was 42.5 °C, calculate the energy that is required to melt all the ice at 0 °C. The heat of fusion for water is 80.0 cal/g.
After an afternoon party, a small cooler full of ice is dumped onto the hot ground and melts. If the cooler contained 7.70 kg of ice and the temperature of the ground was 42.5 °C, calculate the energy that is required to melt all the ice at 0 °C. The heat of fusion for water is 80.0 cal/g.
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After an afternoon party, a small cooler full of ice is dumped onto the hot ground and melts. If the cooler contained 7.70 kg of ice and the temperature of the ground was 42.5 °C, calculate the energy that is required to melt all the ice at 0 °C. The heat of fusion for water is 80.0 cal/g.
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