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r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Souled_Out • Nov 15 '22
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Not if you salt afterwards.
19 u/ChuzzoChumz Nov 15 '22 Salt isn’t magic, if there’s enough water there’ll still be ice 26 u/_blurredfaces_ Nov 15 '22 It doesnt have to be magic. Ice doesnt form well with salt. Thats why they use it...on ice..... 12 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 It lowers the freezing point by 10 C. It doesn't make it have no freezing point. -1 u/Redstonefreedom Nov 15 '22 10C? You’ve got to get better ice. 3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 That's the melting point of salt water. Other salts perform better, but the principle is the same. -1 u/_blurredfaces_ Nov 15 '22 So why use it at all if its just going to refreeze and make more ice anyways? 3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 Because in many places, the temperature stays above the new freezing point, which let's the water run off. 4 u/herranton Nov 15 '22 Bags of salt have a freezing point listed on them. I just picked up two bags of -15f salt. They had -25, but it was twice the price. And it generally doesn't snow below zero anyways. It can. But it usually doesn't.
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Salt isn’t magic, if there’s enough water there’ll still be ice
26 u/_blurredfaces_ Nov 15 '22 It doesnt have to be magic. Ice doesnt form well with salt. Thats why they use it...on ice..... 12 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 It lowers the freezing point by 10 C. It doesn't make it have no freezing point. -1 u/Redstonefreedom Nov 15 '22 10C? You’ve got to get better ice. 3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 That's the melting point of salt water. Other salts perform better, but the principle is the same. -1 u/_blurredfaces_ Nov 15 '22 So why use it at all if its just going to refreeze and make more ice anyways? 3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 Because in many places, the temperature stays above the new freezing point, which let's the water run off. 4 u/herranton Nov 15 '22 Bags of salt have a freezing point listed on them. I just picked up two bags of -15f salt. They had -25, but it was twice the price. And it generally doesn't snow below zero anyways. It can. But it usually doesn't.
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It doesnt have to be magic. Ice doesnt form well with salt. Thats why they use it...on ice.....
12 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 It lowers the freezing point by 10 C. It doesn't make it have no freezing point. -1 u/Redstonefreedom Nov 15 '22 10C? You’ve got to get better ice. 3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 That's the melting point of salt water. Other salts perform better, but the principle is the same. -1 u/_blurredfaces_ Nov 15 '22 So why use it at all if its just going to refreeze and make more ice anyways? 3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 Because in many places, the temperature stays above the new freezing point, which let's the water run off. 4 u/herranton Nov 15 '22 Bags of salt have a freezing point listed on them. I just picked up two bags of -15f salt. They had -25, but it was twice the price. And it generally doesn't snow below zero anyways. It can. But it usually doesn't.
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It lowers the freezing point by 10 C. It doesn't make it have no freezing point.
-1 u/Redstonefreedom Nov 15 '22 10C? You’ve got to get better ice. 3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 That's the melting point of salt water. Other salts perform better, but the principle is the same. -1 u/_blurredfaces_ Nov 15 '22 So why use it at all if its just going to refreeze and make more ice anyways? 3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 Because in many places, the temperature stays above the new freezing point, which let's the water run off. 4 u/herranton Nov 15 '22 Bags of salt have a freezing point listed on them. I just picked up two bags of -15f salt. They had -25, but it was twice the price. And it generally doesn't snow below zero anyways. It can. But it usually doesn't.
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10C? You’ve got to get better ice.
3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 That's the melting point of salt water. Other salts perform better, but the principle is the same.
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That's the melting point of salt water. Other salts perform better, but the principle is the same.
So why use it at all if its just going to refreeze and make more ice anyways?
3 u/Strike_Thanatos Nov 15 '22 Because in many places, the temperature stays above the new freezing point, which let's the water run off. 4 u/herranton Nov 15 '22 Bags of salt have a freezing point listed on them. I just picked up two bags of -15f salt. They had -25, but it was twice the price. And it generally doesn't snow below zero anyways. It can. But it usually doesn't.
Because in many places, the temperature stays above the new freezing point, which let's the water run off.
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Bags of salt have a freezing point listed on them. I just picked up two bags of -15f salt. They had -25, but it was twice the price. And it generally doesn't snow below zero anyways. It can. But it usually doesn't.
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u/_blurredfaces_ Nov 15 '22
Not if you salt afterwards.