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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. These Expert-Recommended Salt Spreaders Will Keep You Safe ...

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   These walk-behind, towable, mounted, and handheld salt spreaders are the best ahead of storms. After shoveling, applying ice melt is critical for safety.

4. Snow removal - Wikipedia

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   The salt, via freezing point depression, helps melt the snow and ice and also gives vehicles more traction. Later, usually when the snow has ceased falling, snow plows, front end loaders with snowplow attachments, and graders cover every street pushing snow to the side of the road. Salt trucks often then return to deal with any remaining ice ...

5. Garden: Putting salt down on sidewalks and driveways ... - AOL

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   Soil-borne salt damage occurs when the de-icer from a road or walkway accumulates in the soil from salt-laden runoff as snow and ice melt. The amount of salt that accumulates is affected by the ...

6. Deicing - Wikipedia

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   An Aeroflot Airbus A330 being deiced at Sheremetyevo International Airport Econ Salt Spreader. Deicing is the process of removing snow, ice or frost from a surface. Anti-icing is the application of chemicals that not only deice 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.

7. Winter service vehicle - Wikipedia

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   To improve traction and melt ice or snow, winter service vehicles spread granular or liquid ice-melting chemicals and grit, such as sand or gravel. The most common chemical is rock salt, which can melt snow at high temperatures but has some unwanted side effects.