When it snows, it pours – but why do municipalities treat the roads with salt? A chemist explains how salt affects water and ...

Buzz60’s Lenneia Batiste has more on an easy DIY ice melting solution that you can make with everyday ingredients in your ...

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - You may not need as much rock salt to melt icy driveways and sidewalks as you think — and using too ...

When winter months hit and icy surfaces become a concern, many of us turn to traditional rock salt as a quick fix. After all, it’s effective, easy to find, and cheap. But as straightforward as ...

This method is helpful because salt lowers the freezing point of water, which will lead to melting of the ice. It also prevents falling rain or snow from being able to freeze. At 30 degrees ...

Learn about the potential road salt damage that can impact your home and tips for preventing and managing this issue ...

The new blend includes molasses and calcium chloride to make the salt stick to the road surface and activate at colder ...

Both table salt and rock salt melt ice by lowering the freezing point of water. So does sugar. Much of what we salt the Earth with every winter comes from underground networks of salt crystal that ...

And while road salt does serve its purpose of melting ice, once a fresh layer of ice forms, drivers are back in peril until salt trucks make their rounds again. To address these concerns ...

Salt that’s dumped on top of ice relies on the sun or the friction of car tires driving over it to initially melt the ice to a ... colder than other roads – does not typically work, and ...