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 …

…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.