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Why does salt sprinkled on icy roads cause the ice to melt?

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Darina [25.2K]3 years ago

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It lowers the melting point

tatyana61 [14]3 years ago

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Answer:

The actual reason that the application of salt causes ice to melt is that a solution of water and dissolved salt has a lower freezing point than pure water. When added to ice, salt first dissolves in the film of liquid water that is always present on the surface, thereby lowering its freezing point below the ices temperature. Ice in contact with salty water therefore melts, creating more liquid water, which dissolves more salt, thereby causing more ice to melt, and so on.

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Why does salt sprinkled on icy roads cause the ice to melt?​

Why does salt sprinkled on icy roads cause the ice to melt?