A TEASPOONFUL OF SALT PER SQUARE METER /IN SWEDISH/

THE USE OF SALT HAS PROVED TO BE THE MOST EFFECTIVE METHOD TO PREVENT SKIDDING. THIS METHOD IS STILL OFTEN CRITICIZED, BUT FEARS ARE EXAGGERATED. THE SALT CERTAINLY CONTRIBUTES TO THE FORMATION OF RUST, BUT IS NOT THE MAIN CAUSE OF IT: DAMAGE TO THE VEGETATION IS LIMITED TO THE ROAD SHOULDERS. IN SWEDEN, THE CONSUMPTION OF SALT IS VERY SMALL, AND SLUSH WAS SHOWN TO CONTAIN ONLY 0.1 PER CENT OF SALT IN ADDITION TO STONE DUST, BITUMEN, AND RUBBER. /TRRL/

• Supplemental Notes:
  • VOL 58 NO 9/10 PP 46-7, 49-50
• Authors:
  • Hubendick, P E
• Publication Date: 1971-12

Language

• English

Media Info

• Serial:
  • Svenska Vagforeningens Tidskrift
  • Publisher: Svenska Vagforeningen

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Deicing; Rusting; Skid resistance; Sodium chloride; Sodium chloride; Vegetation
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00218363
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport and Road Research Laboratory (TRRL)
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 28 1972 12:00AM