A styrofoam cooler is placed outside in below zero (Centigrade) weather and filled with ice. A lid is placed on the cooler. Will the ice melt or remain frozen?
2007-01-22 12:04:17 · 22 answers · asked by bmgebmge 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
it will aventually melt
2007-01-22 12:08:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Hi,
It will remain frozen.
Because on a hot summer day, the Styrofoam cooler would be preventing the outside heat from melting the inside Ice as fast as would be if no Styrofoam cooler.
With no outside heat faction to deal with, it would be a moot situation, no outside variance to effect the inside frozen ice.
Excellent question,
Darryl S.
2007-01-22 12:10:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As there is not heat source to melt it, it will stay frozen. A cooler acts as either a fridge or a heater, depending on how you use it.
The insulation will cool rapidly in your case from both the freezing outside temperature and the freezing contents (ice)!
2007-01-22 12:09:09 · answer #3 · answered by waynebudd 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
of course it will remain frozen, zero degrees centigrade is 32 degrees farenheight, the freezing temperature of water, if it is below 0*c then it is below 32*F so of course it will remain frozen, the styrophoam cooler would keep the cold air inside the cooler.
2007-01-22 12:12:52 · answer #4 · answered by Fluffington Cuddlebutts 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will remain frozen. The lid will keep the cool air locked up inside, causeing the temparature to stay the same for at least a week or longer. Possibly even forever.
2007-01-22 12:08:22 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Remain frozen
2007-01-22 12:07:28 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
one time we were out of electricity for a couple of weeks...we put our meats that had been in the freezer in these coolers with ice and set them outside (it was in the teens)...and the meat remained frozen and the ice was still present.......
2007-01-22 12:15:48 · answer #7 · answered by LeftField360 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would stay frozen because there is no source of heat to melt the ice.
2007-01-22 12:22:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It will freeze. The cooler will only slow the change of temperature on the inside of the container. Eventually it will be the same as the outside temperature, which we've assumed is below freezing.
2007-01-22 12:08:40 · answer #9 · answered by ctrl-alt-delete 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It'll still be frozen because the freezer is like 10 degrees or something.
2007-01-22 12:07:51 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Should stay frozen but I guess I need more info. How long is it staying outside? And, How warm will it be tomorrow or the next week? If it stays cold outside it will definitely stay frozen.
2007-01-22 12:08:04 · answer #11 · answered by mandapandaz80 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋