A mineral commonly used for melting ice on slippery winter surfaces is

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What is the name of a mineral commonly used for melting ice on slippery winter surfaces?



Reply from bionic2 User Rating:  640 Knowledge Tokens
Salt is used to melt ice on the roads in winter . This salt has mainly sodium cloride ( NaCl) which is the major mineral in the coarse salt mixture.
It lowers the melting point of water and dissolves the ice.
Read more if you wish to know some info. at:
http://antoine.frostburg.edu/chem/senese/101/solutions/faq/why-salt-melts-ice.shtml
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