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2. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Use Salt on Concrete - AOL

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   According to the Michigan Concrete Association, ice melters can cause damage to concrete—particularly new concrete. When it snows and the ice starts to melt, the water that soaks in the concrete ...

3. Pykrete - Wikipedia

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   Pykrete. A slab of pykrete. Pykrete is made of 14% sawdust and 86% water by mass. Pykrete (/ ˈpaɪkriːt /, PIE-creet) [1] is a frozen ice composite, [2] originally made of approximately 14% sawdust or some other form of wood pulp (such as paper) and 86% ice by weight (6 to 1 by weight). During World War II, Geoffrey Pyke proposed it as a ...

4. Snow removal - Wikipedia

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   Some individual buildings may melt snow and ice with electric heating elements buried in the pavement, or even on a roof to prevent ice dams on the shingles, or to keep massive chunks of snow and dangerous icicles from collapsing on anyone below. Small areas of pavement can be kept ice-free by circulating heated liquids in embedded piping systems.

5. Sodium formate - Wikipedia

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   Solid sodium formate is used as a non-corrosive agent at airports for de-icing of runways in mix with corrosion inhibitors and other additives, which rapidly penetrate solid snow and ice layers, detach them from the asphalt or concrete and melt the ice rapidly. Sodium formate was also used as a road deicer in the city of Ottawa from 1987 to 1988.

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

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   This magical homemade ice melt is easy to make, too. In a bucket, combine a half-gallon of hot water, about six drops of dish soap, and ¼ cup of rubbing alcohol.

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

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   Surface area is the key when it comes to forcing melt more rapidly. “The speed depends on the contact surface area,” Viswanathan says. “If there is more surface in contact, the ice will melt ...