The drawbacks of salt on a sidewalk are the mess afterwards. The use is also the production of salt needed and the fact that eventually the salt melts as well.
Rock salt is used to remove ice from sidewalks in the winter, because the freezing point of salty water is much lower than that of pure water. Salt is commonly used on icy roads, but alternative methods are being investigated in some areas.
for melting ice on roads and sidewalks.
skills
They all have sulphur.
Salt
To melt it, usually on sidewalks in the winter months.
salt corrodes steel and metals over 'time', and plays havoc with machinery and moving parts (bikes!) - solution is wash exposed areas more frequently.
For a science fair project on the topic of why salt is used on icy sidewalks, you would likely need salt, ice, a control group without salt, a thermometer to measure temperatures, and a surface to simulate a sidewalk. Salt is put on icy sidewalks because it lowers the freezing point of water, leading to faster melting of ice and preventing further ice formation through the process of freezing point depression.
Salt melts ice, so it is put on the sidewalks to melt ice.
No, snow does not naturally contain salt. Salt is typically added to snow by humans for de-icing purposes on roads and sidewalks.
high cost and where to dispose the salt left over
to melt the ice