Question

An ice chest is constructed of a 0.4 mm thick plain-carbon steel plate, a 1.9 cm thick layer of Styrofoam {k=0.033 W/(m-C)} and a 0.65 cm thick fiber glass liner. The cooler has inside dimensions of 25x40x100 cm. The outside of the chest is exposed to air at 25 ?C with h = 10 W/(m²C). If the chest is completely filled with ice, calculate the time for the ice to completely melt. The heat of fusion for water is 330 kJ/kg

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