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Grade 11Thermal Physics

When steam at 100℃ is passed over a large block of ice , 64g of ice melts. What is the amount of steam condenses

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8 Years agoGrade 11
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8 Years ago
Let the amount of steam condense is M Then heat released in condensation= M×LL is latent heat of vaporisationL= 540 cal/ gm And this will be equal to the heat taken by the ice to melt 64 and latent heat of fusion for melting ice is 80 cal/ gmM×540= 64×80 M=9.48 gm