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Rock Salt – Economic Alternatives for Winter De Icing
Rock salt is another name for the mineral sodium chloride. The main use for most of the rock salt mined in the world is to melt snow and ice during cold winter periods. Rock salt works by lowering the freezing point of water. The application of rock salt will also prevent water from refreezing for a short length of time.
Rock Salt – The Disadvantages
Despite Rock Salt being the most popular winter de icer, it does have certain disdvantages and weaknesses. Even though it lowers the freezing point of water to sub zero when temperature drops to around -8 c the rock salt will have no de icing effect.
Salt used for deicing works by increasing the freeze thaw cycle and expands during the freezing process. This expansion will cause significant pressure on the surface. After a while this pressure will cause concrete and asphalt surfaces to crack and damage.
When used at high application rates or regularly rock salt or the melted liquid will seep onto landscape areas damaging plants, shrubs and lawns. If not managed properly this movement of melted liquid can contaminate ground water sources.
Rock salt will also cause corrosion and rust damage to application machinery and steel fixtures and fittings it comes into contact with by oxidation.
Rock Salt – Economic Alternatives for Winter De Icing
In recent years a product has been developed to help improve the performance and the safety of Rock Salt. This liquid is made from organic based by-products of the sugar and distillation industries. When mixed with granular salt or liquid salt brine it will extend the life of the chloride as a de icer, improve how it works and makes it a safer product to use.
The mixed product will work down to -20 c and will be less mobile on the surface because it produces less liquid as it thaws. This means less regular re application of product is necessary leading to cost saving in purchase of product and labour.
Extensive trial data has also show that the mixture is up to 80% less corrosive than rock salt. This product is available to purchase as Eco Ice Melt.
In conclusion rock salt has always served well as a de icer and with new technology, a product that has been around for thousands of years has been improved in many ways.
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Rock Salt – Economic Alternatives for Winter De Icing
Rock salt is another name for the mineral sodium chloride. The main use for most of the rock salt mined in the world is to melt snow and ice during cold winter periods. Rock salt works by lowering the freezing point of water. The application of rock salt will also prevent water from refreezing for a short length of time.
Rock Salt – The Disadvantages
Despite Rock Salt being the most popular winter de icer, it does have certain disdvantages and weaknesses. Even though it lowers the freezing point of water to sub zero when temperature drops to around -8 c the rock salt will have no de icing effect.
Salt used for deicing works by increasing the freeze thaw cycle and expands during the freezing process. This expansion will cause significant pressure on the surface. After a while this pressure will cause concrete and asphalt surfaces to crack and damage.
When used at high application rates or regularly rock salt or the melted liquid will seep onto landscape areas damaging plants, shrubs and lawns. If not managed properly this movement of melted liquid can contaminate ground water sources.
Rock salt will also cause corrosion and rust damage to application machinery and steel fixtures and fittings it comes into contact with by oxidation.
Rock Salt – Economic Alternatives for Winter De Icing
In recent years a product has been developed to help improve the performance and the safety of Rock Salt. This liquid is made from organic based by-products of the sugar and distillation industries. When mixed with granular salt or liquid salt brine it will extend the life of the chloride as a de icer, improve how it works and makes it a safer product to use.
The mixed product will work down to -20 c and will be less mobile on the surface because it produces less liquid as it thaws. This means less regular re application of product is necessary leading to cost saving in purchase of product and labour.
Extensive trial data has also show that the mixture is up to 80% less corrosive than rock salt. This product is available to purchase as Eco Ice Melt.
Here at ecoicemelt.co.uk, you can buy online:
Regular Eco Ice Melt Pallet
Large Eco Ice Melt Pallet
Eco Ice Melt Liquid 20L
Eco Ice Melt Liquid 200L
In conclusion rock salt has always served well as a de icer and with new technology, a product that has been around for thousands of years has been improved in many ways.