1,478 calories required!
15 calories: To make ice go from -15ºC
to 0ºC
80 calories: To
make ice at 0ºC
change to liquid water at 0ºC
(Latent heat of fusion)
100 calories: To make liquid water go from 0ºC to 100ºC
539 calories: To make liquid
water at 100ºC
change to steam at 100ºC
(Latent heat of vaporization)
5 calories: To make steam go from 100ºC to 105ºC
Multiply the sum of those calories by 2
because we are figuring for 2 grams of water!