Patent ID: 8182714

Claim:
A solid ice melt composition, comprising: a solid ice melter; salt fines which are selected from the group consisting of coarse salt fines, medium salt fines, and fine grade salt fines; a small but anti-caking and melt value enhancing and salt fines coating effective amount of an exterior ice melting surface coating of glycerin, coating said salt fines present to enhance ice melt and minimize caking and bridging; and when said salt fines are coarse salt fines the glycerin is in the range of from 0.5% to 1.0%, and when said salt fines are medium salt fines, glycerin is in the range of about 1.0% to about 2.0% and wherein the salt fines are fine grade salt fines the amount of glycerin is within the range of about 2% to about 4%.