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No. The reason ice melts when you put salt on it is the freezing point of salted water is much lower than the freezing point of unsalted water. If you put salt on the ice, the salt will work its way into the ice. The temperature of ice with salt on it is higher than the freezing point of salted water, so it accomplishes a phase transformation from the solid state to the liquid state. That's what a physicist would call it in her laboratory. If it happens in her driveway early some morning, she thinks "now that the ice has melted, I can drive to work without killing myself." If you put flour in water, you make pancake batter—which freezes at about the same temperature as water. So it won't melt ice at all.
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∙ 11y agoI'm tempted to just say "no" and be done with it, but technically ... yes, it would contribute a very small amount of freezing point depression, helping to melt the ice.
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∙ 12y agoIt insulates the ice and at the end of they if you leave the ice and flour together it turns out a bit like play dough!
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∙ 11y agoNo. The salt dissolves into the ice creating a solution which has a lower freezing point than water. This causes the entire mass of ice to melt away.
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∙ 11y agoThe influence is minor because flour contain only a small percentage of components soluble in water.
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∙ 14y agosalt helps it melt faster!!!!!
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∙ 13y agoNo, flour does not melt ice
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∙ 15y agoFLOUR!? Na! Try Salt!
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What is the fastest way to melt ice with salt and use the least amount of salt at the same time?
The key to melting ice with salt is to ensure maximum contact between ice and salt. Using a salt powder would actually be the most effective way to do this.
Is curing salt the same as Kosher salt?
Salt is Salt (NaCl) no matter what is origins. Kosher, Sea, Maldon, Rock etc are all MARKETING terms designed to make what you are purchasing more expensive. Table Salt is Salt with a to which little anticaking agents such as sodium aluminosilicate or magnesium carbonate are added to make it free-flowing. Table salt is also "Iodized" by law in certain countries. Curing Salt is Salt with a little Sodium Nitrite added AND IS NOT THE SAME AS SALT (or Kosher Salt). This salt is mixed to cure meet and would be poisonous if not used as directed on the packaging.
Why is pollution harmful to the environment?
Pollution is an abnormal amount of a material in the environment - too much of a contaminant. In the same way too much of a contaminant in your body - caffeine, alcohol, salt, mercury - can effect your body's operation. Pollution can effect the complex interactions of the parts of an ecosystem.
Are Sodium nitrite and salt the same?
No. While chemically sodium nitrite is a salt, the salt you eat, table salt, is sodium chloride.
What is a mineral with the same crystal system as salt?
Fluorite belongs to the same crystal system as salt - the cubic (also known as the isometric) crystal system.
What is the difference between plain flour and all purpose flour?
There is no difference between plain flour and all-purpose flour. They are one and the same. All-purpose (plain) flour does not contain the salt and baking soda that self-rising flour has.
Alternative for self-rising flour?
Take the same amount of regular flour and add 1 - 1½ teaspons of baking powder, and a pinch of salt for each cup of flour used.
What effect does salt have on albinos?
Albinos (humans and animals) are no more affected by salt than others of the same species.
When used as a thickening agent is bread flour the same as all purpose flour?
Yes, bread flour in many cases has a slightly higher gluten content, but that does not effect the taste or its usability as a thickening agent.
Does adding salt to water effect how fast it freezes?
Does adding salt water effect how fast it freezes?In one word ,yes. Salt water or no salt water as long as the temperatures are the same in whatever container you put them in. There's a reason for this, the salt water has a different effect because it takes a longer time to freeze because it has something in the water like if the water had, a rock. It would cause the water to take time to firsthand would take a longer time due to the item the water has in it.
Can you use cream of tartar in self raising flour?
Yes, and if you won't get that chemically taste.
What did the pilgrims use to bake cakes?
They would have used the same basic ingredients used today (salt, sugar, flour, eggs, milk, ect.), but would have baked it over an open fire or over very hot coals.
Is wheat flour and yeast the same?
Yes. Wheat flour is the same as Plain Flour. Unless recipe calls for whole-wheat flour, that would mean wholemeal flour.
How many cups of self rising flour should I use instead of three cups of plain flour?
I would just try it to see how it works. It shouldn't taste THAT different. If not, then spend $4.99 on a bag of all purpose flour.
What is the effect of isotonic salt solution on rbc?
Iso means same, therefore the salt solution concentration is the same as the concentration of salt within the blood cells. So nothing happens - the RBC's remain the same (no shrinking/crenating or swelling/lysing)
Why can snails die by salt and spices?
They die because the salt can effect humans and any other animals including snail spices is the same
What bleaches a pool liner?
The chemicals in the pool, normally chlorine or salt water chlorinator. It has the same effect as household bleach. An ozonator would eliminate the use of chemicals.
