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At a picnic, why would wrapping a bottle in a wet cloth be a better method of cooling than placing the bottle in a bucket of cold water?

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This is because unlike when placing a bottle in a cold water where only heat transfer by convection occurs, wrapping the bottle with a wet cloth not only uses convection but also evaporation when the moisture of the wet cloth evaporates thus transferring some thermal energy to vapor.

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