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What makes salt melt the ice?

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Anonymous

7y ago
Updated: 8/19/2019

Ice forms when the temperature reaches 32 degrees Fahrenheit. When salt is added the temperature drops so that a 10 per cent salt solution freezes at 20 degrees Fahrenheit and a 20 percent solution freezes at 2 degrees. Salt dissolves into the liquid water in the ice and lowers its freezing point

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