A Styrofoam Container Used as a Picnic Cooler Contains a Block

question 6

Short Answer

A styrofoam container used as a picnic cooler contains a block of ice at 0°C. If 225 grams of ice melts in 1 hour, how much heat energy per second is passing through the walls of the container? (The heat of fusion of ice is 3.33 × 10⁵ J/kg).

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Compounds containing carbon that are outcomes of chemical processes.

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Organic Product(s)

Chemical compounds consisting primarily of carbon and hydrogen, which are the result of organic reactions.

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