Snow being less dense, a given mass will have more surface area and melt faster.
The sun was bright on the snow and it was melting fast.
The metal melted faster, sliding to the floor in a silver stream.
Which melts faster - the ice with the salt or the ice on its own?
The results were the same--the ice melted in the plain water faster.
We have done the experiment several times and have concluded that an ice cube melts faster in fresh water.
They didn't travel very far that day, for the warming weather fast melted the snows, making the mud nearly impossible to traverse.
The morning was bright and clear and the sun shone so brilliantly that the snow on the pond began to melt fast.
You could still make it, but if the foehn winds come early-and they could-then all the snow will melt fast.
Will the iceberg melt faster in fresh water than in salty water?