Part 2: Ice A lot of energy is needed to heat a substance with high specific heat capacity. However, even more energy is needed to cause a phase change (such as the melting of ice). Click Reset. Set the ice temperature to -100 °C and its mass to 50 g. Set the water temperature to 50 °C and water mass to 200 g. Click Play.
Water
Ice
Mass
200 g
50 g
Initial Temperature
100 °C
Final Temperature
0 °C
Do you think all the ice melted? Explain. Look at the GRAPH. The graph shows two separate stages: the heating of the ice and then the melting of the ice. How much did the water temperature change while the ice was heating? How much did it change while the ice was melting? How did this experiment demonstrate ice's high specific heat capacity compared to copper, granite, and lead?