Heating curve of ice to steam: latent heat
Heat ice at −20 °C with a heater of chosen power. Watch temperature rise, plateau at melting and boiling, and compute specific heats and latent heats from the T–t graph.
About this experiment
| Subject | Physics |
|---|---|
| Class | 11 |
| Chapter | 10. Thermal Properties of Matter |
| NCERT section | 10.6–10.8 |
| Level | NCERT level |
| Time | about 12 minutes |
| Access | Included in a PractiSci plan |
What you do in the lab
Change the controls and watch the physics behave in real time in 3D. Live readouts and graphs show the numbers behind it, and the Learn tab has the theory, procedure, observations and viva questions. Works on a phone or a laptop, in English and Hindi.
Topics: calorimetry · latent heat · specific heat · change of state · heating curve