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    This document compares different chemicals used for melting ice and lists their freezing point temperatures, pros, and cons. It provides information on 7 chemicals including their chemical formulas and effectiveness for melting ice between -29C to -7C as well as their advantages such as being fertilizers or melting ice faster and disadvantages like being corrosive or damaging surfaces.

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    This document compares different chemicals used for melting ice and lists their freezing point temperatures, pros, and cons. It provides information on 7 chemicals including their chemical formulas and effectiveness for melting ice between -29C to -7C as well as their advantages such as being fertilizers or melting ice faster and disadvantages like being corrosive or damaging surfaces.

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    Hemikalije Za Topljenje Leda

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    This document compares different chemicals used for melting ice and lists their freezing point temperatures, pros, and cons. It provides information on 7 chemicals including their chemical formulas and effectiveness for melting ice between -29C to -7C as well as their advantages such as being fertilizers or melting ice faster and disadvantages like being corrosive or damaging surfaces.

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    Chemicals Used to Melt Ice

    Name Formula Lowest Pros Cons


    Practical
    Temp
    Ammonium (NH4)2SO4 -7°C Fertilizer Damages
    sulfate (20°F) concrete
    Calcium CaCl2 -29°C Melts ice faster Attracts
    chloride (-20°F) than sodium moisture,
    chloride surfaces slippery
    below -18°C
    (0°F)
    Calcium Calcium carbonate -9°C Safest for Works better to
    magnesium CaCO3, magnesium (15°F) concrete & prevent re-icing
    acetate (CMA) carbonate MgCO3, vegetation than as ice
    and acetic acid remover
    CH3COOH
    Magnesium MgCl2 -15°C Melts ice faster Attracts
    chloride (5°F) than sodium moisture
    chloride
    Potassium CH3COOK -9°C Biodegradable Corrosive
    acetate (15°F)
    Potassium KCl -7°C Fertilizer Damages
    chloride (20°F) concrete
    Sodium NaCl -9°C Keeps sidewalks Corrosive,
    chloride (rock (15°F) dry damages
    salt, halite) concrete &
    vegetation
    Urea NH2CONH2 -7°C Fertilizer Agricultural
    (20°F) grade is
    corrosive

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