Calculate the least amount of work that must be done to freeze one gram of water at…

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Calculate the least amount of work that must be done to freeze one gram of water at 0∘C0^\circ\text{C} by means of a refrigerator. The temperature of the surroundings is 27∘C27^\circ\text{C}. The latent heat of fusion is L=80 cal/gL=80\text{ cal/g}.

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