[DOC] [TLE] Why Is Sand or Salt Put On Roads When It Snows? | Wonderopolis [PAR] Jan 14, 2011 ... As your city works to clear snow and ice from the roads, you may ... This melting 
continues to spread, until you are left with salt grains on the ... While workers use 
salt to melt ice, they rely on sand for improved traction. ... Sprinkle a pinch of salt 
over one half of the ice cube. ... Thanks for WONDERing with us! [DOC] [TLE] Winter Road Treatment and Snow Removal - Snow & Ice - Highway ... [PAR] The MassDOT Highway Division uses a variety of Road Treatment Materials both 
before and after ... 1. salt is spread on ice/snow surface - 2. salt melts through... [DOC] [TLE] Using Salt and Sand for Winter Road Maintenance - US Roads [PAR] To make winter roads passable, highway personnel usually must either apply 
chemical de-icers to melt ice and snow or spread sand to provide traction. ... De-
icing salt is relatively light--just over one ton per cubic yard--and comes as a 
mixture of ... The ice will not melt or melted snow may refreeze and waste the 
chemical. [DOC] [TLE] Deicers and Antifreezes - Science Project [PAR] The purpose of this experiment was to determine which compound was the most 
... The responding variable for deicing was the amount of water melted, and the ... 
the sodium chloride to the ice by sprinkling it evenly over the top of the ice. .... 
Twenty percent of all salt in the U.S. is used for deicing or anti-icing purposes. [DOC] [TLE] How salt clears and ruins roads - Baltimore Sun [PAR] Feb 18, 2003 ... Shortages of salt for Baltimore County's roads in early 1994 were ... There are 
alternatives for melting snow and ice. ... spread sand and crushed stones, which 
cannot melt snow but will ... For the state's chilliest storms in Garrett County, the 
State Highway Administration uses Ice Ban M-50, an agricultural... [DOC] [TLE] Task Assignment No. C-06-07 Potential for Natural Brine for Anti ... [PAR] Transportation, the Federal Highway Administration or the New York State 
Department ... of the Departments of Transportation (DOT) in the U.S. and abroad 
over the years. ... reduced use of abrasives (rock salt and sand), better road 
conditions, lower ..... The brine solution melts snow and ice that accumulates on 
roadways. [DOC] [TLE] ROAD SALT/SAND APPLICATION IN RHODE ISLAND [PAR] Mar 31, 2014 ... sand application to Rhode Island's roads and highways during ... U.S. 
Environmental Protection ... 57 inches per year while New Shoreham sees about 
half of that. ... the salt part of the mixture provides the ice and snow melting power
. ... reduced salt application by more than 27% over the past seven years. [DOC] [TLE] Road Salt Report - State of Michigan [PAR] Marquette University study examined highway accidents occurring in winter-road 
.... Michigan has steadily increased its use of road salt over the last 30 years. It 
was ... salt are mined annually in the U.S., of which rock salt for ice control 
accounts for .... tons from Compass Minerals for the early fill at a price per ton of 
$74.42,. [DOC] [TLE] salt - WordReference.com Dictionary of English [PAR] WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English  ... to 
spread salt on so as to melt snow or ice:salting the highways. salt away, ... NaCl, 
occurring as a mineral, a constituent of seawater, etc., and used for .... to season 
or preserve with salt; to scatter salt over (an icy road, path, etc) to melt the ice... [DOC] [TLE] Salt  WCCO | CBS Minnesota [PAR] Officials also say that deer are not attracted to the salt used to treat roadways in ... 
Nearly half of sodium consumed is from 10 common food sources. ... After 
spreading on bread, making white sauce for pizza, and melting over popcorn, .... 
the snow fell Thursday to collect samples of murky road melt from the highway 
above. [DOC] [TLE] The Salt Storage Handbook - Landscape Management [PAR] highways to assure safe driving

Question: Over half the use of this mineral in the U.S. is for spreading on roads & highways to melt ice & snow
Answer: rock salt