To speed the process of ice melting, you can smash the ice up into smaller pieces, via a tool such as a hammer. How much heat is required to melt a 15 g chunk of ice when a hammer provides 2490 J of work to speed the process? The latent heat of fusion of ice is 334 J/gram.

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To speed the process of ice melting, you can smash the ice up into smaller pieces, via a tool such as
a hammer. How much heat is required to melt a 15 g chunk of ice when a hammer provides 2490 J
of work to speed the process? The latent heat of fusion of ice is 334 J/gram.
Transcribed Image Text:To speed the process of ice melting, you can smash the ice up into smaller pieces, via a tool such as a hammer. How much heat is required to melt a 15 g chunk of ice when a hammer provides 2490 J of work to speed the process? The latent heat of fusion of ice is 334 J/gram.
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