Ice Melts - Winter is Coming

Ice Melts

As the cold is looming ahead, knowing good chemicals to use for ice melts is imperative! Luckily, there are a few inexpensive and effective chemicals that are known for their ice melting capabilities.

Calcium Chloride is significantly faster at melting ice than traditional sodium chloride (salt). It is effective down to a temperature of -25 degrees F. Pound for pound, Calcium Chloride melts twice as much ice as some of it's chemical competitors. When mixed with water, it causes an exothermic reaction, releasing heat which is very effective at melting ice! Calcium Chloride also has the ability to extract moisture from its surroundings, helping get to fully bare (and safe) roads quickly. There's also a liquid Calcium Chloride ready to spray onto roads.

Magnesium Chloride is known to be less damaging to pavements and other surfaces over repeated use. Like Calcium Chloride, Magnesium Chloride is hygroscopic, which means it absorbs moisture. Unlike a lot of ice melts, it leaves minimal to no residues to clean up. This also means it's recognized as an environmentally friendly method for ice melt. Magnesium Chloride melts ice at a quick rate and works down to -5 degrees F.

Both chemicals can be found at Level7Chemical.com!