What effect does salt have on the freezing point of water or other liquids?
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What effect does salt have on the freezing point of water or other liquids?
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Answer:
Salt will lower the freezing point of water. That is why the use in on the roads in winter.
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I think it lowers the freezing point of water. Because if you put ice, water, and salt in a cooler it gets colder without freezing...
c_wag03
"water that has salt dissolved in it has to be colder before it freezes."
alphabravotango
basically it will lower the freezing point of water because the water will become more dense when materials are added to it!
matttlocke
Their reasons are all wrong but the answer is right it is a complox plocess but adding salt to water lowers the freezing point
harry_moloney
Exactly!! Freezing point depression caused by Na+ and Cl- ions in solution. Here's an example of how to calculate how much salt will affect the freezing point.
wilbedoc2003
Salt, being an electrolyte, affects a certain colligative property of ice(which is just solidified water), freezing point depression. it lowers the freezing point of ice such that it will not melt easily.
laila_eic
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