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It gets complicated. The magnesium chloride ice melt (which contains other compounds too) has lower toxicity than sodium chloride. That is particularly import
by shagie 3y ago
It gets complicated.
The magnesium chloride ice melt (which contains other compounds too) has lower toxicity than sodium chloride. That is particularly important for plants and pets.
Rust inhibitors were things in road salt spreads in the past, but it is found that they can be very harmful to aquatic life ( https://onepetro.org/NACECORR/proceedings-abstract/CORR96/All-CORR96/NACE-96225/113866 https://onepetro.org/NACECORR/proceedings-abstract/CORR96/Al... ) so now they're generally not used ( https://www.cga.ct.gov/2014/rpt/2014-R-0001.htm https://www.cga.ct.gov/2014/rpt/2014-R-0001.htm )
- 83 3y agoEveryone in the rust belts should be putting fluid film/woolwax/krown under their vehicles. I think decades of shady "rust proofing" sprayers that were either a scam or did more harm than good (plastic/rubber under coatings) have put people off of doing this but there are products now that work well.