The amount of heat transferred from an object depends on all of the following except the initial amount of Calories in the object. The answer is letter C. The equation to be used to calculate the heat release when solid melts is the enthalpy of melting. It is represented as H = mCpT where H is the heat released after phase change, m is the mass of the substance, Cp is the specific heat capacity of the substance and T is the change in temperature.