Submitted by Ok_Kareem_7223 t3_10qviic in askscience
common_sensei t1_j6x18c0 wrote
Reply to comment by Ihaveamodel3 in What are the effects of adding rock salt to a cooler full of ice? by Ok_Kareem_7223
It's still the same total energy. You'll lose ice getting down to minus whatever degrees, so while you're colder to start, you also have less ice.
Ignoring all the extra stuff that can happen (e.g. condensation on the outside of the colder cooler dumping extra energy into it, or freezing and making an insulating layer), a sealed ice+salt cooler should hit 1 degree Celcius before a sealed cooler with ice alone would.
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