In the main salt is used, but as this can be corrosive to iron & steel on bridges and other metal objects Urea can be used.
In food or cooking and as deicer on traffic roads and airport runways
One can purchase a liquid de-icer from many sites online. These sites include Global Industrial, Northern Tool, Interstate Products, Amleo, Rewci, and Amazon.
Calcium chloride Since it is a good deicer with less effect on plants, it may also be the "salt" referred to when someone is salting icy walkways or streets or roads.
There are several pond deicer options available for someone to purchase. Depending on the size of the pond or water source a person wants the pond deicer for, the size would make a difference.
Utah uses salt, sand, and liquid ice-melt on the roads during winter.
you can but are wasting your money
nowhere
to melt the ice put salt
Ice has a freezing point which is generally 32 degrees and when salt is put onto frozen water it turns it into liquid. When it turns into liquid it's no longer frozen as long as the salt remains present.
Mostly glycol alcohol.
its liquid
Pakistan has a poor road networks, but there is quite some development that has put in place metallic roads.