On which factor does the thermal conductivity depend?

If $4 \, kg$ of ice is inside a closed cubical thermocol box of side length $20 \, cm$ and wall thickness $4 \, cm$, then the mass of the ice remaining after $10 \, hours$ is nearly. (Given: Outside temperature $= 50^{\circ}C$, Thermal conductivity of thermocol $K = 0.01 \, Js^{-1}m^{-1\circ}C^{-1}$, Latent heat of fusion of ice $L = 335 \times 10^3 \, Jkg^{-1}$) (in $ \, kg$)

One end of a thermally insulated rod is kept at a temperature $T_1$ and the other at $T_2$. The rod is composed of two sections of length $l_1$ and $l_2$ and thermal conductivities $K_1$ and $K_2$ respectively. The temperature at the interface of the two sections is

The temperature of the water of a pond is $0^{\circ} C$ while that of the surrounding atmosphere is $-20^{\circ} C$. If the density of ice is $\rho$, the coefficient of thermal conductivity is $k$, and the latent heat of melting is $L$, then the thickness $Z$ of the ice layer formed increases as a function of time $t$ as:

$A$ cylindrical rod has temperatures $T_1$ and $T_2$ at its ends. The rate of flow of heat is $Q_1 \text{ cal s}^{-1}$. If the length and radius of the rod are doubled while keeping the temperatures constant,then the new rate of flow of heat $Q_2$ will be:

These days,people use steel utensils with copper bottoms. This is considered good for uniform heating of food. Explain this effect using the fact that copper is a better conductor of heat.