You have 182 grams of solid silver at 961. You want to melt the silver to make silver salt-and-pepper shakers as a wedding gift.

You have 182 grams of solid silver at 961.8°C. You want to melt the silver to make silver salt-and-pepper shakers as a wedding gift. How much heat/energy (in units of calories) is needed to melt all of the silver? The melting point of silver is 961.8°C. The heat of fusion of silver is 26.5 calories / gram.