A cooking vessel on a slow burner contains 5 kg of water and

Last updated: 6/8/2023

A cooking vessel on a slow burner contains 5 kg of water and an unknown mass of ice in equilibrium at 0 C at time t 0 The temperature of the mixture is measured at various times and the result is plotted as shown in diagram During the first 50 min the mixture remains at 0 C From 50 min to 60 min the temperature increases to 2 C Neglecting the heat capacity of the heat capacity of the vessel the initial mass of the ice is 7 C 3 2 1 0 20 40 50 60 min kg kg