Why is ice wrapped in gunny bags ?
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Answer / mansi
gunny bags contains pores in which air is trapped. we know that air is a bad conductor of heat thats why no heat tranfer takes place between ice and external envirnoment. hence the ice will remain as it is.
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Answer / krish
Gunny bags are made up of jute. These fibres trap air in them. Air is a bad conductor of heat and hence the air in the pores of the fibre prevents any heat transfer between the ice and surrounding
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 20 Yes | 3 No |
Answer / sanju
Because the air present in the pores diet nit allow the
external heat to go in and melt the ice, since air is a bad
conductor of heat
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 58 Yes | 45 No |
Answer / sumit
Gunny bag is a very pokr conductor of heat. Moreover, air trapped inside them is also bad conductor of heat. Hence to prevent ice from gaining heat from surrounding and melting,ice is packed in gunny bag.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 12 Yes | 10 No |
Answer / yash agarwal
Gunny fibre has specific heat high so they rise or decrease more temprature of themselves instead of paaing it to ice
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 3 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / hsiheieh
Ice blocks are kept wrapped in a gunny bags to pprevents its melting . The air trapped in between jute fibres doesnot allow outside heat to enter.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 1 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / guest
the cloth provides a seperation so as to not allow the ice
to stick to ajoining ice
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 9 Yes | 68 No |
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