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Ice packed in saw dust does not melt quickly. Why?

Ice packed in saw dust does not melt quickly. Why?
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Sawdust acts as an insulator against the surrounding temperatures and helps maintain the low temperatures of ice, so ice is packed in sawdust always or sometimes in layers of sack cloth.
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Kalyani Nandurkar

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Saw dust acts as an insulation and prevents loss of heat from the ice
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rambabu

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sawdust is is bad conductor of heat
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arjun sai

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bad cndctr
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Aakash Agarwal

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because ice will not have direct contact with air. Not only dust if ice is covered with woolen clothe it will melt slow.
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anil

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Because the saw dust is a bad conductor of heat.It prevents ice from melting.
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PREM LATA

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Its a bad conductor of heat
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sreevani

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It is a bad conductor of heat.
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V.R.JOTHIBASSU

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sawdust is a bad conductor or an insulator which prevents the ice from coming in contact with warm air outside.
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ajay

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Saw dust is a bad conductor it prevents ice not to melt.
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Sasikanth

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This is simple, the air present in between the particles of sawdust make a layer to keep maintain the temperature of ice.
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