How does salt melt ice?

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My child asked me this question and I struggled to explain it in terms he could understand.

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Ice is constantly melting a refreezing (that’s how icicles happen).

When you put salt on the ice, the water that just melted dissolves some of that salt and becomes salt water. Salt water has a lower freezing point than fresh water, so it’s not able to freeze again.

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