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Does salt water freeze faster than tap water ?

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German Osie l 1 year ago l In: Food and Beverage
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A: No...quite the opposite, actually.

In general salt water (or any water that has something dissolved in it) has a lower freezing point than water without any dissolved particles. This means you have to cool the salt water to a lower temperature than the tap water before it freezes.

This is one of the reasons it was common to salt roads in wintertime--the salt made it harder for the road to ice over (nowadays they use sand in many places, as salt can damage cars).

Answered 1 year ago by: Makhi Edwina

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