why do people in cold countries put salt on snow?

sawdoski · #1 26-06-2007, 10:35

FILIP · #2 26-06-2007, 10:45

the salt makes the ice melt. so the roads are free of slippery ice, but full of slippery mud.

raiders004 · #3 26-06-2007, 10:55

to make it melt stupid

redsp1der · #4 26-06-2007, 11:15

Salt lowers the freezing temperature of water. So putting salt on snow makes it melt. Its for getting rid of slippery ice on sidewalks and roads.

KimmyRox · #5 26-06-2007, 11:25

It melts the snow so the roads and stuff wouldn't be all slippery.

Warren D · #6 26-06-2007, 11:35

Most generally they put it on ice on roads, and the reason they do it is that ice water has a lower freezing point than fresh water. The salt converts the ice to salt water and it melts.The salt also offers a little bit of a traction factor acting a little like gravel, but the main effect is the melting.There are other less caustic chemicals that help melt ice, and these are used as well.

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