Yes, especially if you're looking to melt snow on the roads. Pouring hot water on it actually does little to help the situation because you melt the snow and get water, but the cold air just freezes it again and you end up with ice instead.
Salt triggers a chemical reaction and actually burns the snow away. Not that obvious, but once the snow is gone for good, you see marks on the pavement. Not burn marks, but marks nonetheless.
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It will melt faster as the melting point of ice is higher than that of ice the salt with absorb the heat of the ice.
The salt dissolving in the water creates heat which then melts the ice.
Rock salt lowers the freezing point of water, causing the ice to melt. This process absorbs heat from the surroundings, lowering the temperature of the ice and allowing it to freeze faster.
Salt absorbs the sun's heat more quickly than ice alone.
rock salt melts ice faster because every winter my mom puts rock salt on ice and it melts within 2 seconds so i think rock salt melts the fastest
Yes, because the heat of dissolution (of sodium chloride) increase the temperature.
The time it takes for a 1-inch cube of ice to melt with one spoon of mineral rock salt can vary depending on factors such as the temperature of the environment and the specific properties of the salt. In general, adding salt to ice lowers its freezing point, causing it to melt faster. It typically takes a few minutes for the ice cube to fully melt with the addition of salt.
Cold water will not melt the ice cube in record time, but hot water will, but salt water will also melt it fast, but if you add both together the ice cube will melt alot fast. Deceasing time alot.
it melts faster with salt
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