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A one kilogram block of ice melts at 0°C and slowly warms up to the room temperature 30° C.

(a) What is the change in entropy of the ice/water?

Here's what I did:

L_ice = Q/m = 80 cal/g = 80000 cal/1 kg

deltaS_ice = Q/T = (80000)(4.186)/273 = 334880 J/273 K = 1226.67 J/K

L_water = Q/m = 540 cal/1 g = 540000 cal/1 kg

detalS_water = Q/T = (540000)(4.186)/303 = 7460.20 J/K

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(b) What is the change in entropy of the room?

(c) Is this process reversible or irreversible? Why?

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one kilogram block of ice melts at 0° C and slowly warms up to the room temperature 30° C.

(a) What is the change in entropy of the ice/water?

Here's what I did:

Lice = Q/m = 80 cal/g = 80000 cal/1 kg

ΔSice = Q/T = (80000)(4.186)/273 = 334880 J/273 K = 1226.67 J/K
This is correct for the entropy of the ice cube as it melts into water at 0°C.

Lwater = Q/m = 540 ...

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