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TerjiD t1_j3ssf5l wrote

Not a physicist, but here's a real-life example:

If you have two ice buckets at a party where bucket one has a raised bottom (so the water doesn't touch the ice) and the other one doesn't, the ice in the one with the raised bottom will last longer.

Ergo: Letting your cube stand in water will make it melt faster.

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jeffersonairmattress t1_j3udqxw wrote

Yes. Also why ice storage houses has a raised base of spaced straw bales and a drainage system.

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[deleted] t1_j3ulqcz wrote

In this particular case there is no way for air to get more heat from the surroundings.

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