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Road salt is used for deicing streets and walkways

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What are some uses for road salt?

Road salt is used for deicing.


How much road salt is used annually in Canada?

The amount of road salt that is used annually in Canada does fluctuate slightly year to year. In 2013 and estimated 4, 183, 000 tonnes of road salt were used.


Is salt the only thing used to melt road ice?

No just salt


Why is rock salt used on icy roads and not road salt?

Rock salt is used on icy roads because it has larger granules that are more effective at providing traction. Road salt, which is a finer grain, is more commonly used to melt ice and snow on road surfaces. Rock salt is also less expensive and more readily available.


What is road salt made of?

Road salt is generally sodium chloride; also used is calcium chloride and rarely magnesium chloride.


How did road salt get its name?

salt + road = road salt... keep it up


Where to get road salt?

Road salt is impure salt directly extracted from mines.


Is sodium chloride present in road salt?

Sodium chloride is used for deicing of roads during the winter.


Is mollasses used in road salt?

A de-icing product made from sugar beet-based molasses from western Nebraska is being touted as a noncorrosive alternative to winter road salt


What are the bad effects of road salt?

Road salt causes corosion of vehicles


Is road salt a compound?

Yes. Road salt is a compound because it contains two different elements together.


What are the advantages and disadvantages of having salt on the road?

The disadvantages of having salt on the road are, the it wrecks the tires, the road's, the drains if there are fish in them. The advantages of having salt on the road it makes the road less slippery so there are less car crashes, and it is cheap.