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What is the specific heat of ice at 0 degrees Celsius?

Answer 1

Wyatt Adkins

#2.03J/(""^@C.g)#

The specific heat capacity of ice is equal to #2.03J/(""^@C.g)#.

Note that this is not the same as the ones of water (#4.18J/(""^@C.g)#) or steam (#2.01J/(""^@C.g)#).

Here is a video that explains this topic in much more details:
Thermochemistry | Enthalpy and Calorimetry.

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Answer 2

Luna Chen

The specific heat of ice at 0 degrees Celsius is approximately 2.09 joules per gram per degree Celsius (J/g°C).

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.