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

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    Ice has a semi-liquid surface layer; When you mix salt onto that layer, it slowly lowers its melting point.. The more surface area salt can cover, the better the chances for melting ice.. Ice ...

  3. Brine rejection - Wikipedia

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    Once the ice reaches a critical thickness, roughly 15 cm, the concentration of salt ions in the liquid around the ice begins to increase, as leftover brine is rejected from the cells. [1] This increase is associated with the appearance of strong convective plumes, which flow from channels and within the ice and carry a significant salt flux.

  4. Brinicle - Wikipedia

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    A brinicle (brine icicle, also known as an ice stalactite) is a downward-growing hollow tube of ice enclosing a plume of descending brine that is formed beneath developing sea ice. As seawater freezes in the polar ocean, salt brine concentrates are expelled from the sea ice, creating a downward flow of dense, extremely cold, saline water , with ...

  5. Salt and ice challenge - Wikipedia

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    The ions in sodium chloride (table salt) are heavily influenced by the molecular polarizability of the ice. [7] The difference between the spacing of the electrons in the table salt and ice causes this reaction. The melting point of ice is decreased due to the incorporation of table salt and this then causes a binding of the two substances. The ...

  6. Regelation - Wikipedia

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    Classic experiment involving regelation of an ice block as a tensioned wire passes through it. Regelation is the phenomenon of ice melting under pressure and refreezing when the pressure is reduced. This can be demonstrated by looping a fine wire around a block of ice, with a heavy weight attached to it.

  7. Cooling bath - Wikipedia

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    Cooling baths are generally one of two types: (a) a cold fluid (particularly liquid nitrogen, water, or even air) — but most commonly the term refers to (b) a mixture of 3 components: (1) a cooling agent (such as dry ice or ice); (2) a liquid "carrier" (such as liquid water, ethylene glycol, acetone, etc.), which transfers heat between the ...

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  9. Freezing-point depression - Wikipedia

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    Workers spreading salt from a salt truck for deicing the road Freezing point depression is responsible for keeping ice cream soft below 0°C. [1]Freezing-point depression is a drop in the maximum temperature at which a substance freezes, caused when a smaller amount of another, non-volatile substance is added.