How Does Salt Affect The Melting Rate Of Ice In Water
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This experiment explores how salt and sugar affect the melting rate of ice in water.
Research Questions: * Does adding salt to ice and water slow down, speed up, or not change the rate the ice melts in the water? * Is salt the only substance to have this effect? What about sugar?
Knowing how to speed up the melting rate of ice is very important information for anyone who needs to de-ice roads or driveways after a winter storm. While it seems simple, adding salt to ice water actually activates two complex, and contradictory, chemical reactions. The salt disrupts the equilibrium of water and ice, slowing down the amount of water freezing into ice and speeding up the amount of ice melting into water. However, because of this
This experiment explores how salt and sugar affect the melting rate of ice in water.
Research Questions: * Does adding salt to ice and water slow down, speed up, or not change the rate the ice melts in the water? * Is salt the only substance to have this effect? What about sugar?
Knowing how to speed up the melting rate of ice is very important information for anyone who needs to de-ice roads or driveways after a winter storm. While it seems simple, adding salt to ice water actually activates two complex, and contradictory, chemical reactions. The salt disrupts the equilibrium of water and ice, slowing down the amount of water freezing into ice and speeding up the amount of ice melting into water. However, because of this