A student investigates a pure metal, X. The student takes a 100.0 g piece of metal X, heats it
to 500.0°C, then places it on a 1000.0 g block of ice at 0.0°C. The ice partially melts, and
the final temperature of the metal, ice, and melted water is 0.0°C. The student calculates the
experimental value of the specific heat capacity of metal X and records it as
0.90 J/(g • °C).
(C) Calculate the magnitude of the energy change of metal X during the experiment.
(d) Calculate the mass of ice melted by metal X. (The enthalpy of fusion of ice is 330J/g.
(e) A student claims that the energy transferred to the ice breaks the polar-covalent O-H
bonds found between atoms within water molecules. Do you agree or disagree with this
claim? Justify your answer.