Question

What is the specific latent heat of a fussion for a substance that takes 550 kj to melt 14 kg at 262 k?

Answer 1

The latent heat is correlated with energy as follows:

Q = mL

550 * 103 = 14 * 103 * L

L = 39.285 J /g

Thus, latent heat of the substance is 39.285 j /g