Latent Heat & the Heating Curve

Pour energy into 1 kg of ice and watch the temperature climb, then stall on the melting and boiling plateaus while the heat goes into breaking bonds (Q = mL), then climb again (Q = mcΔT).

Temperature
-20.0 °C
solid
Heater power600 W
Sample mass1.0 kg
Starting temp (ice)-20 °C
Energy added  Q = mcΔT + mL
0 J
Heating the ice…
cice = 2100 · cwater = 4186 · csteam = 2010 J/(kg·K)
Lf = 334,000 J/kg · Lv = 2,260,000 J/kg