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A2. The freezing point of salt water is lower than that of fresh, so when salt is added, it interacts with the ice to make salt water.

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When salt is added to ice will the ice melt faster or slower?

Ice melts slower


Will ice melt faster or slower when salt is added?

Slower


How long does it take for kosher salt to melt a ice cube?

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Is salt the same as ice melt?

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How long does the ice takes to melt when salt is added?

around 40 minutes.


When salt is added the melting point of ice is?

It will be lowered, so it is easier to melt.


Does ice melt faster if salt added?

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Does salt water melt quicker than regular water?

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Why does salt ice melt slower than ice with no salt?

The freezing point of water is lower with added salts; the heat of solution is released.


Which will make ice melt qicker ice or salt add to ice?

Hot water, salt can melt an ice cube as well but hot water raises the temperature in the ice cube causing it to go through a phase change referred to as melting thus turning it to a liquid more rapidly than salt could.


Does ice melt faster when exposed to lamp or salt?

Ice melt faster when: - the temperature is higher - powdered salts as sodium chloride or calcium chloride are added


Do ice cubes melt faster when salt is added?

yes they do melt faster like you know in the winter how you put salt out in the snow and it melts the snow,well that proves it