A home melting pot is used for a metal casting hobby. At the end of a work period, the pot contains 608 grams of lead at 439°C. How much energy will be released as the molten metal cools, solidifies, and cools further to room temperature, 22°C? Data for lead at 1 atm: Melting point = 328°C Specific heat liquid = 0.138 J/g ⋅ °C Specific heat solid = 0.130 J/g ⋅ °C Heat of fusion = 23.0 J/g __J
Ti = 439.0 oC
Tf = 22.0 oC
Cl = 0.138 J/g.oC
Heat released to convert liquid from 439.0 oC to 328.0 oC
Q1 = m*Cl*(Ti-Tf)
= 608 g * 0.138 J/g.oC *(439-328) oC
= 9313.344 J
Lf = 23.0 J/g
Heat released to convert liquid to solid at 328.0 oC
Q2 = m*Lf
= 608.0g *23.0 J/g
= 13984 J
Cs = 0.13 J/g.oC
Heat released to convert solid from 328.0 oC to 22.0 oC
Q3 = m*Cs*(Ti-Tf)
= 608 g * 0.13 J/g.oC *(328-22) oC
= 24186.24 J
Total heat released = Q1 + Q2 + Q3
= 9313.344 J + 13984 J + 24186.24 J
= 47484 J
= 47.5 KJ
Answer: 47.5 KJ
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