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Q:
Do substances other than salt melt ice?
- Tyrel (age 10)
Sandalwood Elementary, Baltimore,MD (USA)
A:
Sure, anything which dissolves in water will melt ice if the ice is
almost warm enough to melt otherwise. Sugar would work, for example. We
have a lot of answers on this question, which you should be able to
find by searching under 'ice melting'.
Mike W.
(published on 10/22/2007)
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