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If you add salt to ice it will start to make the ice dissolve because the salt made it hotter. If it is 0 degrees Celsius ideal water will freeze. When you add salt to it, the salt is ionized by the water molecules, dissolving it into solution. It takes a temperature of -5 degrees Celsius for the water to break its association with the ions and freeze as a pure substance.

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Tap water freezes at only a slightly faster rate, but at a higher temperature than salt water. Saltwater freezes at only a slightly slower rate, but at a lower temperature than tap water.

This is why, if you sprinkle salt on ice, it will melt. While the temperature remains the same, the addition of the salt lowers the melting (or freezing) point of the ice.

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Salt water freezes at a lower temperature. Therefore pure water would freeze faster.

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Water, this is why salt is used to melt snow as it lowers its freezing point

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Normal water, when water or any liquid is added with any substance (that is soluble in it), the freezing point reduces, also the boiling point increases, and the steam pressure reduces.

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I think they freeze at the the same speed ,when the temperature is zero , the water , salt water and sugar water will be freezed .

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Salt water freezes faster.

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tap water

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fresh water

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Which water freezes faster salt water or sugar water?

Sugar water freezes faster than salt water. However, regular tap water will freeze faster than either salt, or sugar water.


How long do it take salt water or water to freeze and which one freeze quicker?

water freezes faster and only water freezes it takes AGES for salt water to freeze water takes about 4 hours in a freezer


If you put salt on ice does it freeze or get cold faster?

Salt lowers the temperature at which water freezes which would cause the ice to melt.


Does salt water freeze faster than cold?

For shear simplicity regular water freezes faster. Salt lowers the freezing point of water, to what degree depends on the chemical makeup of that particular kind of salt. For a more advanced answer we need to study the chemistry of both salt and water a bit more. Salt can contain any number of elements, (Ca-Calcium, Cl-Chloride, Na-Sodium, SO4-Sulfate... etc.) the more particles present of each element the lower the freezing point of water (H2O). When salt is added to water these elements join the chemical makeup of water and the salt basically gets in the way of the chemical interactions between H-Hydrogen and O-Oxygen. The amount of difference greatly varies depending on the amount of salt present and the chemical compound of the salt.


Which water will freeze faster salt water or fresh water?

Fresh water will freeze faster than salt water, and at a higher temperature too. Why?Salt water is called salt water due to its containing dissolved salts -- usually Sodium Chloride (NaCl), but any other salts will do. When water freezes, the molecules link up into a crystal structure (ice). The atoms of any dissolved salts will interfere with the formation of the crystal, meaning more energy will have to be taken out (the temperature will have to drop lower) before salt water freezes.

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What freeze faster salt or water?

Water will freeze faster than salt water.


Does salt water freeze faster than sugar water?

no salt water does not freeze faster than sugar.


Does salt water or plain water freeze faster?

Pure water freeze faster.


What freeze faster salt water or sugar water?

Salt water will.


Which freeze faster stronger salt water or weak salt water?

weak salt water


Why did salt water freeze faster than regular water?

Salt water does not freeze faster than regular water... When salt is put in water, it stops the water from freezing, and it needs to be colder than usual.


Which water will freeze faster cold water with salt or normal water with salt?

normal water with salt


What will melt ice faster salt or water?

Salt because water especially hot water will make it freeze faster.


How does salt water freeze faster than tap water?

It doesn't. Tap water freezes faster than salt water.


Will tap water freeze faster than salt water?

Fresh water freezes faster than salt water, yes.


Which freeze faster fresh water or salt water?

Fresh water.


Why does pure water freeze faster than salt water?

Because salt isn't water