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Why salt would melt the ice?

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sucks up all the water causing temperature to lower

The surface contact allows the salt and water to combine. The saltwater having a sufficiently lower temperature is liquid. The surface adhesion of the liquid saltwater gives it greater contact with the ice and the salt, which then combines more salt with the ice, effectively melting it, although it's really just replacing fresh water with salt water. (Reactions do not stop until a much lower temperature than normal winters, they just slow down. Ice even evaporates, eventually.)

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