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Ice melts because the atoms around the ice are moving faster (because they are warmer). So the faster moving atoms bump into the slow ones (the ice), and make the slow particles move faster a little bit at a time. and the slow particles make the fast ones slow down a little bit. Until all particles are moving the same speed. this is how ice melts.

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What effect does salt water have on ice?

Fresh-water ice will melt faster in salt water than it will in fresh water or in the open air. Ice forms when water molecules are cooled down enough to arrange into solid crystals. Salt will, basically, get between the water molecules and make it harder for them to form crystals.


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