Can Manganese Sulfate melt ice in communities?

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ekb123
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Project Question: Hello, for a chemistry research paper I need to know if Manganese Sulfate could be used to melt ice in communities? are there environmental hazards? how much would it cost and what amount would need to be used? what type of reaction would occur, and is this a solution?
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Can Manganese Sulfate melt ice in communities?

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Hello! I need information for my chemistry research paper. Can manganese sulfate be used as an ice melt? If so, what are the hazards, cost, amount needed and what type of reaction would occur? I need this info asap please! :D
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Re: Can Manganese Sulfate melt ice in communities?

Post by norman40 »

Hello ekb123,

It may be possible to use manganese sulfate to melt ice and snow. But ice melting did not appear when I searched for uses of manganese sulfate.

Dissolving a salt in water will lower the freezing point, as explained at this site:

http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howthings ... 20703a.htm

Manganese sulfate will also lower the freezing point of water. But other compounds (NaCl, CaCl2, etc) may be better options in terms of cost or effectiveness.

I hope this helps. Please post again if you have more questions.

A. Norman
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