Question

compare and contrast melting 10 kg of ice freezing 1 kg of water. be sure to address temperature,heat flow, and thermal energy

Answer 1

Melting is an endothermic process (i.e. it absorbs heat), whereas freezing is an exothermic process (i.e. it releases heat, or can be thought of, albeit incorrectly from a thermodynamics standpoint, as "absorbing cold"). The standard enthalpy of fusion of water can be used for both scenarios, but standard enthalpy is in units of energy/mass, so 10 times as much energy will be absorbed in the former scenario (melting 10 kg of ice) than what will be absorbed in the latter scenario (freezing 1 kg of water). For both processes, assuming the water is pure and at standard atmospheric pressure, and the entire mass remains at thermal equilibrium, the temperature of both the solid and the liquid will remain at precisely 0 degrees Celsius (273 K) for the duration of the phase change.