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From: hes@ecsvax.UUCP (Henry Schaffer)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: Keeping beer cold (a query with real-world practical application)
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Date: Mon, 13-May-85 12:41:48 EDT
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Posted: Mon May 13 12:41:48 1985
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Keywords: ice, cold, beer

I agree with the people who have said there is a trade-off between
more heat transfer across a water-styrofoam interface vs an 
air-styrofoam interface  and the loss of cold if the water is
drained off.  But I don't think that adding insulation is a proper
answer - since the question was about presence vs. absence of the
water.
  I think the ice-cubes are worse if less mass of ice can be put in
the chest (packing problems) than in a single cube.  Otherwise I
don't see any difference.
--henry schaffer  n c state univ