Chemistry

Rock salt or halite is the form of sodium chloride. Brine is a solution of water and salt has a lower freezing point than pure water putting salt or saltwater on ice that is near 0oC will cause it to melt. It is called as de-icing done after snowstorm to improve traction.

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If you add salt to water, you raise the water`s boiling point, or the temperature at which it will boil. The temperature needed to boil will increase about 0.5 C for every 58 grams of dissolved salt per kilogram of water.

Sulphur dioxide is a good reducing agent, hence it can easily decolourise substances in the presence of water. Therefore, when rose petals are placed in a jar containing sulphur dioxide, they get decolourised.