Heat of Fusion
Jason Jarrell
Chemistry II
12-8-99
Heat of Fusion
Objective: The objective of this experiment is to find the heat of fusion of water by using a calorimeter. The calorimeter will be used to melt ice in water to find the heat of fusion.
Theory: Heat of fusion is known to be the amount of heat that it takes to allow one mole of a substance to turn from solid to liquid. The heat of …
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…substance. Some of the possible sources of error could have been:
 There could have been human error in reading equipment.
 There could have been equipment error in measuring.
 Some extra water could have come out when digging out the ice.
 The ice was tap water and not distilled.
 Some water could have been splashed out when stirring.
 Some heat could have been lost into the cup.
 Some heat could have been lost to the environment.
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