How does salt make icy roads safe?

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How does salt make icy roads safe?

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Salt lowers the freezing point of water so the roads have to get a lot colder for them to become icy. The sodium ions and chloride ions in common salt interrupt the water molecules bonding together to form ice and so lower the freezing point of water. https://youtu.be/oVJAZ002v5k

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