Question

explain why huge ice blocks are covered with sawdust and packed in jute sacks during transfer?

Answer 1

huge ice blocks are covered with sawdust and packed in jute sacks during transfer as they do not transfer the heat of the surrounding to the ice.


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Answer 2

Covering ice cubes with sawdust is one of the effective insulating method to prevent the ice cubes from melting during transportation. The technique of preserving the ice cubes was more commonly followed before the invention of mechanical refrigerator in 1805.

Ice cubes were stored by insulating the outer part of the ice cube with hay and sawdust as they prevent the exposure of inc cube to the warm surrounding.