Sometimes sodium chloride is mixed with the salt. The stuff is very corrosive. I have seen it eat through bridge support beams.
Sometimes sodium chloride is mixed with the salt. The stuff is very corrosive. I have seen it eat through bridge support beams.
Salt, also known as table salt, or rock salt, is a mineral that is composed primarily of sodium chloride (NaCl), a chemical compound belonging to the larger class of ionic salts.
Guys, sodium chloride (salt) stops working at temps below 20 or so. Then CALCIUM chloride is mixed in. It triggers a chemical reaction which raises the temp so the salt can work. Look at bags of snow melt. Its a mix of calcium and magnesium chloride.All that is fine and dandy, but your original warning was that salt may contain sodium chloride. So you were being funny, even though it now appears that the humor was unintentional.
Now some states are using beet juice. Yes, I said beet juice. It melts snow but isn't corrosive. They mix it in a brine solution and spray it on the roads before the snow hits. For a while MoDOT discontinued use of calcium chloride because it was damaging the roads so badly.