Physics help!!?

Question

Can someone please tell me the equivalent or constant equivalent of the ff.:

1. Specific heat of ice
2. Specific heat of water
3. heat of vaporization
4. heat of fusion of ice
5. mechanical equivalent of ice
6. one British thermal unit of 1 BTU

Thanks for the help.. in advance...

johndt47 · Accepted Answer

Think you might find the following link answers  1 - 4

http://www.physchem.co.za/Heat/Latent.htm

Not sure about  5 

But 6 is:-

A BTU is the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one pound of water by one degree Fahrenheit. Melting a pound of ice at 32 °F requires 143 BTU. 

Different definitions of the BTU exist, which are based on different water temperatures and therefore vary by up to 0.5%:

(In other words, an imperial measurement instead of the metric calorie)

Physics help!!?

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