Homework Help: Chemistry

Posted by Lisa on Sunday, February 17, 2013 at 11:57pm.

A 62g piece of ice at 0 degrees celcius is added to a sample of water at 9 degrees celcius. All of the ice melts and the temperature of the water decreases to 0 degrees celcius. How many grams of water were in the sample

Chemistry - DrBob222, Monday, February 18, 2013 at 12:49am
(mass ice x heat fusion) + (mass H2O x specific heat H2O x (Tfinal-Tinitial) = 0
Solve for mass H2O.
Note the correct spelling of celsius.

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