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Phase Change Lab: INTRODUCTION: When Heat Is Added To Ice, It Will Melt and Change To Water

When heat is added to ice, it melts and turns to water. As more heat is added, the water will boil and turn to vapor. This experiment measures the temperature of ice water over time as it is heated. Students record the temperature every 30 seconds as the ice melts and continues until the water boils. They graph the temperature over time and note when melting and boiling occur. The conclusions questions analyze where the temperature changed slowest, fastest, and if heat input was constant to understand the relationship between heat energy and phase changes.

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Phase Change Lab: INTRODUCTION: When Heat Is Added To Ice, It Will Melt and Change To Water

When heat is added to ice, it melts and turns to water. As more heat is added, the water will boil and turn to vapor. This experiment measures the temperature of ice water over time as it is heated. Students record the temperature every 30 seconds as the ice melts and continues until the water boils. They graph the temperature over time and note when melting and boiling occur. The conclusions questions analyze where the temperature changed slowest, fastest, and if heat input was constant to understand the relationship between heat energy and phase changes.

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PHASE CHANGE LAB

INTRODUCTION: When heat is added to ice, it will melt and change to water.
As water is heated, its temperature rises. Eventually, the water will boil and change
into a vapor (gas ). The substance has gone through two changes in phase. The
temperature at which these phase changes occur are important characteristic
properties. The relationship between the heat energy and the behavior of the
substance is also important in understanding the difference between heat and
temperature.
In this lab experiment you will be dealing with the relationship between
heat energy and changes in phase of matter.

PROCEDURE:
1. Make a data table to record TIME AND TEMP.
2. Fill a 250 mL beaker 2/3 full with ICE and add a little water.
3. Stir carefully with a thermometer until the temperature stabilizes at or about
0 0C. Record this temperature at 30 second intervals for 2 minutes.
4. Slowly warm the ice water over a bunsen burner
and continue to record the temp. at 30 second
intervals
NOTE: Do not let the thermometer bulb
rest on the bottom of the beaker. Stir
continuously while heating.

NOTE: once the Bunsen Burner is set,


leave it at this setting and make no
adjustments to the flame.

5. Record at what point all the ice has melted and the water begins to boil.
6. Continue to heat the water for at least 3 minutes after the water begins to boil.
7. Draw a best fit line graph with temperature on the Y axis and time on the
X axis. Start the graph with −5°C, increasing at 5°C intervals, and 0 time,
increasing at 1 minute intervals. Plot all your data. Note on the graph the points
where the ice melted and the water boiled.

CONCLUSIONS QUESTIONS:
1. At any time did the temperature seem to rise at or near a constant rate ?
2. When did the temperature change the slowest?
3. When did the temperature change the fastest?
4. Was the heat energy input constant?
5. Explain what was happening to the ice or water when the temperature
was changing; a) the slowest or not at all b) the fastest

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