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How does salt affect the temperature of Ice?

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  • 2 decades ago
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    When any salt particularly NaCl is added to the ice, it lowers down the temperature. The FREE ENERGY of the ice is interfered by the energy due to the ions (Na+ and Cl-) of the salt added to it. The movement of water molecule is restricted to some extent in the ice in the presence of salts. The energy saved due to restriction of movement of water molecule is being utilised by the ice to remain at still lower termperature aganist the surrounding temperature. Thus addition of salt to ice reduces the ice temperature.

  • pacheo
    Lv 4
    4 years ago

    How Does Salt Affect Ice

  • 2 decades ago

    "When a compound like salt is added to the ice, a new

    solution with a lower freezing temperature than ice is

    formed. This is why salt is added to ice to make ice cream."

  • 2 decades ago

    salt lowers the freezing point of ice allowing ice to melt at lower temperatures...

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  • 2 decades ago

    salt greatly lowers the temperature of ice. pour salt on an icecube and then hold taht cube and a normal icecube in ur hands see which is colder

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    it makes ice melt, because it is concentrated, it absorbs water from ice, and the ice has a deduction in temperature because now it is smaller and melts

  • 2 decades ago

    At zero deg.cen. water becomes ice, if salt is added to water,it remains in liquid form below zero.

  • 2 decades ago

    it lowers the freezing temperature.

  • 2 decades ago

    it makes it colder

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