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Salt on sidewalk a chemical or physical?
Salt is a material not a change.
Why salt is paced on sidewalk?
Salt is added to avoid icing of roads.
Does salt on a sidewalk cause mechanical or chemical weathering to the sidewalk?
Chemical, the sodium in the salt exchanges with calcium in the concrete. The chemical products are all water soluble and the surface of the sidewalk washes away.
Why does salt prevent ice from forming on sidewalk?
salt lowers ice's melting point
Are you liable for sidewalk injurys in winter?
No, you're not since the sidewalk is technically not your property. The city where you live is the one responsible for clearing and/or placing salt on the sidewalk to prevent ice.
Can you use the word salt in a sentence?
You can put salt on many foods. or, Salt is used to melt ice on roads and sidewalk.
After salt is added to the sidewalk in the winter why is the grass dead in the spring?
Not all plants support salt in soil and waters.
Would a salt spreader help me keep ice off my sidewalk?
I believe a salt spreader would be a good solution. Salt is known to react as a melting force when applied to moisture. When the pavement is dry it would be advisable to clean any particles left on the sidewalk.
What are the drawbacks of using salt on sidewalks?
The drawbacks of salt on a sidewalk are the mess afterwards. The use is also the production of salt needed and the fact that eventually the salt melts as well.
What mixture can you use to kill weeds in crack of sidewalk?
weed be gone or salt
What do you think would happen if you spread regular table salt (sodium chloride) on an icy sidewalk?
it will melt
Why do we put salt in the sidewalk?
Salt is often put on the sidewalk during or after it snows. This is because salt lowers the freezing point of ice. This is often just enough to melt snow at subfreezing temperatures.
