TEST AND EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE DEICING METHODS AND MATERIALS IN SWEDEN

In 1980, calcium magnesium acetate (CMA) was identified in the U.S. as a promising alternative to salt. The most positive effect of CMA as compared to salt is perhaps reduced corrosion whereas the melting effect is slightly poorer. Studies of CMA have been carried out in Sweden since the beginning of the 1980s. Due to the high price of CMA, at least 20 times that of salt, laboratory and field tests have recently been done with mixtures of CMA and salt. The expected reduction of corrosion was however not as large as earlier results from laboratory studies, found in the literature, had suggested.

• Corporate Authors:

  PTRC Education and Research Services Limited

  Glenthorne House, Hammersmith Grove
  London W6OL9,   England 
• Authors:
  • IHS, A
• Conference:
  • Xth PIARC International Winter Road Congress
  • Location: Lulea, Sweden
  • Date: 1998-3-16 to 1998-3-19
• Publication Date: 1998

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 285-296
• Serial:
  • Volume: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calcium magnesium acetate; Deicing chemicals; Ice prevention
• Geographic Terms: Sweden
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; I60: Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751915
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Technical Report, Volume 1, Volume 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1998 12:00AM