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Old October 26th, 2005, 08:57
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you do not need the specific heat of ice only that of water and the latent heat of fusion of ice (which you work out)

Energy lost by the metal ball = energy used to melt 2g of ice

m.c.deltaT(ball) = sp latent heat of fusion x m/RMM (ice)

take it from there...