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2. Out of rock salt? Here are alternatives for dealing with ice ...

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   Salt is a common method for clearing ice, as it causes the ice to melt and break apart, making it easier to remove. However, it is only effective when the temperature is above 15 degrees Fahrenheit.

3. Phenethyl alcohol - Wikipedia

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   Phenethyl alcohol, or 2-phenylethanol, is an organic compound with the chemical formula C 6 H 5 CH 2 CH 2 OH. It is a colourless liquid with a pleasant floral odor. It occurs widely in nature, being found in a variety of essential oils. It is slightly soluble in water (2 ml per 100 ml of H 2 O), but miscible with most organic solvents.

4. Road salt - Wikipedia

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   Road salt (also known as de-icing salt, rock salt, or snow salt) is a salt used mainly as an anti-slip agent in winter road conditions, but also to prevent dust and snow build-up on roads. [1] Various kinds of salts are used as road salt, but calcium chloride and sodium chloride (rock salt) are among the most common.

5. The Easy Way to Melt Ice You Never Knew About (It’s Not Salt!)

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   While there are plenty of clever uses for salt, including fixing slippery surfaces, rock salt isn’t always easy to find once temperatures drop lower than the melting point of ice (32°F or 0°C).

6. Why salt melts ice — and how to use it on your sidewalk - AOL

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   Salt grains, used for melting ice and snow, seen on an icy sidewalk. (Getty Images) (Dima Berlin via Getty Images) Ice has a semi-liquid surface layer; When you mix salt onto that layer, it slowly ...

7. Fractional freezing - Wikipedia

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   Fractional freezing is a process used in process engineering and chemistry to separate substances with different melting points. It can be done by partial melting of a solid, for example in zone refining of silicon or metals, or by partial crystallization of a liquid, as in freeze distillation, also called normal freezing or progressive freezing.