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Sprinkling of salt helps in clearing the snow covered roads in hills. The phenomenon involved in theSolutions and Colligative Properties Chemistry Question

Question

Sprinkling of salt helps in clearing the snow covered roads in hills. The phenomenon involved in the process is

Answer: B

💡 Solution & Explanation

When salt is sprinkled on snow (ice) the resulting solution has a freezing point of - 0 20 C (approx.).The salt when added to the ice causes the depression in freezing point and lowers the freezing point of mixture.

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