Sentences with phrase «salt lowers the melting point»

Salt lowers the melting point of ice (and we might investigate this process later on), but by doing so it means that the surface of the can is actually below freezing point.

«From our theoretical perspective, the novelty in this study is that we now have a better understanding of why adding plain salt lowers the melting point for these metal - oxides and especially reduces the energy barriers of the intermediates on the way to transforming them into chalcogenides.»

Not exact matches

The researchers suggest that salts help lower the melting point for ice, deep underground where it is warmer, allowing brines to rise up as a cryomagma.

The hydrated salts would lower the freezing point of a liquid brine, just as salt on roads here on Earth causes ice and snow to melt more rapidly.

Using computer modeling to interpret images from NASA's Galileo satellite, Pappalardo and Barr demonstrated that acnelike markings on Europa's surface are probably bits of ice containing minerals such as chloride salts and sulfuric acid, which lower the melting point so the material can rise from deep below.

Novice question here, but I'm running the plasticity of ice, the higher density of sea water, and the lower melting point of salt water through my head and I'm wondering what keeps sea water from knifing under the ice and rushing downhill into the basin.