MELT VOLUME AND ICE PENETRATION STUDY OF MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE DEICERS

Melt volume and speed of penetration characteristics of four commercially available and one experimental deicer are examined in this paper. The materials tested were pellet calcium chloride, flake calcium chloride, pellet magnesium chloride hexahydrate, flake magnesium chloride hexahydrate and experimental pellet magnesium chloride dihydrate. Testing was conducted at temperatures ranging from -15 degrees C (5 degrees F) to -6.7 (20 degrees F) at five degree Fahrenheit increments.

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  PTRC Education and Research Services Limited

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• Authors:
  • McElroy, A D
  • Cooper, G
  • Gall, J 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: Appendices; Tables;
• Pagination: p. 517-528
• Serial:
  • Volume: 3

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Calcium chloride; Deicers (Equipment); Magnesium chloride; Melting; Pellets
• Uncontrolled Terms: Deicers
• Old TRIS Terms: Ice penetration
• Subject Areas: Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Vehicles and Equipment; I62: Winter Maintenance;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751937
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Technical Report, Volume 1, Volume 2
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 13 1998 12:00AM