2,216
edits
Changes
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Winter Maintenance Professionals
Line 148:
Line 148:
|'''Materials'''
|'''Materials'''
|Rock salt pretreated with liquid MgCl<sub>2</sub> or CaCl<sub>2</sub> lowers the effective temperature range of salt and reduces losses to wind and scatter. Low chloride alternatives can also significantly reduce the harmful effects of chloride-based salts.
|Rock salt pretreated with liquid MgCl<sub>2</sub> or CaCl<sub>2</sub> lowers the effective temperature range of salt and reduces losses to wind and scatter. Low chloride alternatives can also significantly reduce the harmful effects of chloride-based salts.
|Reduces salt release to the environment and lowers corrosion effects on infrastructure. May also lead to improved level of service. For more information see [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2020/03/Alternatives-to-salt-technical-brief.pdf STEP's Technical Brief: Alternatives to Salt (STEP, 2020)]<ref name="example6" />STEP. 2020. Alternatives to Salt: What else melts snow and ice? Technical Brief. https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2020/03/Alternatives-to-salt-technical-brief.pdf</ref>. Abrasives such as sand dot not melt snow and ice but may be appropriate in some circumstances and LSRCA, 2018.
|Reduces salt release to the environment and lowers corrosion effects on infrastructure. May also lead to improved level of service. For more information see [https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2020/03/Alternatives-to-salt-technical-brief.pdf STEP's Technical Brief: Alternatives to Salt (STEP, 2020)]<ref>STEP. 2020. Alternatives to Salt: What else melts snow and ice? Technical Brief. https://sustainabletechnologies.ca/app/uploads/2020/03/Alternatives-to-salt-technical-brief.pdf</ref>. Abrasives such as sand do not melt snow and ice but may be appropriate in some circumstances and LSRCA, 2018.
|-
|-
|'''Salt Specifications'''
|'''Salt Specifications'''