4C20.50 - Heat of Fusion of Water

Code Number:
4C20.50
Demo Title:
Heat of Fusion of Water
References:
  • Peter E. Liley, "Black's Experiment and Newton's Law of Cooling", TPT, Vol. 40, #4, April 2002, p. 198.
  • J. Guemez, C. Fiolhais, M. Fiolhais, "Revisiting Black's Experiments on the Latent Heats of Water", TPT, Vol. 40, #1, Jan. 2002, p. 26.
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  • Dean Zollman, "The Latent Heat of Fusion of a Witch", TPT, Vol. 30, #7, Oct. 1992, p. 448.
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  • Monwhea Jeng, The Mpemba Effect: When Can Hot Water Freeze Faster Than Cold?", AJP, Vol. 74, #6, June 2006, p. 514.
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  • Allen Kropf, "Answer to Question #56. Ice Cream Making", AJP, Vol. 65, #6, June 1997, p. 463.
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  • Sherwood R. Paul, "Question #56. Ice Cream Making", AJP, Vol. 65, #1, Jan. 1997, p. 11.
  • Vicki Cobb, Kathy Darling, "Bet You Can't Raise the Temperature of Ice Water by Heating It!", Bet You Can't, p. 96.
  • Julius Sumner Miller, Q15 & A15, Millergrams I – Some Enchanting Questions for Enquiring Minds, p. 21 & 81.
  • Julius Sumner Miller, Q93 & A93, Millergrams I – Some Enchanting Questions for Enquiring Minds, p. 61 & 109.
  • Joseph Frick, "# 350 - Latent Heat of Water", Physical Technics: Or Practical Instructions for Making Experiments in Physics and the Construction of Physical Apparatus with the Most Limmited Means, p. 416.


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