Question

Respected BYJUS faculty,

My name is VANDITA YADAV and I am student of BYJUS 9th grade I. C. S. E

How does ice at 0° C has greater cooling effect than water at 0°C?

Thank you.

Answer 1

Both ice and water at 0°C cool down other bodies by extracting heat from them. However, when you supply heat to water, its temperature rises, but in the case of ice, it first melts, and then the temperature of the formed water rises.

Ice at 273K is more effective in cooling than water at the same temperature as ice takes latent heat from the substances for melting and hence cools the substances more effectively than water at the same temperature.