Questions about melting ice blocks

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I have three questions about ice blocks in Minecraft:

  1. Do redstone torches melt ice?

  2. Which light source melts ice the fastest?

  3. Can packed ice melt?


Best Answer

  1. No.
  2. Ice melts if the light source around it is greater than 11. There is no way to speed it up; it either melts or it doesn't. It's completely binary.
  3. No.

Sources -

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Ice

http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Redstone_torch




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Why does the ice on the blocks melt?

Ice melts when heat energy causes the molecules to move faster, breaking the hydrogen bonds between molecules to form liquid water.

Which block ice melts faster?

The ice cubes on the \u201ccold\u201d block quickly melt, much faster than the ice cubes on the \u201cwarm\u201d block.

What happens to a block of ice when it melts?

When you heat ice, its temperature rises, but as soon as the ice starts to melt, the temperature stays constant until all the ice has melted. This happens because all the heat energy goes into breaking the bonds of the ice's crystal lattice structure.

What factors can affect the ice cube melting?

Increase temperature (sun, fire, hot water, etc), pressure, decrease size, increase surface area, change chemistry/composition (salt), etc.



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