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2. 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 ...

3. Snowmelt system - Wikipedia

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   A heated sidewalk in Holland, Michigan Installation of a geothermal snowmelt system on a street in Reykjavík, Iceland.. A snowmelt system prevents the build-up of snow and ice on cycleways, walkways, patios and roadways, or more economically, only a portion of the area such as a pair of 2-foot (0.61 m)-wide tire tracks on a driveway or a 3-foot (0.91 m) center portion of a sidewalk, etc.

4. Deicing - Wikipedia

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   An Aeroflot Airbus A330 being de-iced at Sheremetyevo International Airport Econ Salt Spreader. De-icing is the process of removing snow, ice or frost from a surface. Anti-icing is the application of chemicals that not only de-ice but also remain on a surface and continue to delay the reformation of ice for a certain period of time, or prevent adhesion of ice to make mechanical removal easier.

5. Calcium aluminoferrite - Wikipedia

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   This substitution reduces its melting point to around 1350 °C. The typical chemical composition of calcium aluminoferrite (C 4 AF) for three different clinker bulk Fe 2 O 3 contents is given in the next table. [1]: 10 , [2]: 160 The calcium aluminoferrite mean composition is clearly dominated by CaO (43.7 wt. %), Al 2 O 3 (19.3 wt %), and Fe 2 O

6. Snow removal - Wikipedia

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   In many high elevation or heavy snow accumulating areas, companies with snow removal equipment offer to provide services to remove the snow. Contractors may work on a per-time basis, full season contract, or will-call status. Per-time service (or per-push) is usually invoiced monthly and customers will be charged for each time services are ...

7. Snowmelter - Wikipedia

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   Mobile snow melters drive down a street or along a rail line collecting snow and melting it. These often have a holding tank so the melt-water can be discharged at a designated location. Semi-mobile units have wheels and are moved into position and then loaded with snow by another machine.