Time to raise temperature of frozen body

ColonelCronus

I wanted to figure out some simple 'party' trivia, but it seems I suck a physics.

The scenario:

A bottle of wine has been placed in the freezer to cool. It is left there too long and freezes completely.

The host, fretting, decides to defrost the wine in a bucket of warm water. The water is not replenished.

How long will it take for the wine to return to liquid state?

Cheers Fellas and Ladyfolk.

syhprum

I do not see any need to invoke theoretical physics when experiments can be performed very cheaply.
For a theoretcal solution the themal condutivity of the bottle would need to be obtained by measurement so why not go straight ahead and do it with wine.

Drakkith

You haven't given us enough information. What is the temperature of the water, the wine, how much water is the wine in, how big is the bottle, etc.

Also, have you looked up the relevant equations and such to be able to do this?

ColonelCronus

Quote by Drakkith

You haven't given us enough information. What is the temperature of the water, the wine, how much water is the wine in, how big is the bottle, etc.

Temperature of water in the bucket: 50 deg C.
Temperature of frozen bottle of wine: -20 dec C.
Bottle capacity: 750 ml
Bucket capacity: 10 litres

Quote by Drakkith

Also, have you looked up the relevant equations and such to be able to do this?

Yes. Q=m c [itex]\partial[/itex]T.

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syhprum	I do not see any need to invoke theoretical physics when experiments can be performed very cheaply. For a theoretcal solution the themal condutivity of the bottle would need to be obtained by measurement so why not go straight ahead and do it with wine.

Drakkith Recognitions: Gold Member	You haven't given us enough information. What is the temperature of the water, the wine, how much water is the wine in, how big is the bottle, etc. Also, have you looked up the relevant equations and such to be able to do this?