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Research team discovers melting the snow. A breakthrough
adding paraffin to such as this could one day be an
effective alternative to road salt.
concrete melts snow
836,000 tons of road salt used
A Research team at Drexel University
is experimenting with the use of each year in the Adirondacks
phase change materials in concrete as Athough it’s unlikely we’ll see this
a method to store energy, which can technology put to work anytime soon
then be used as a heat source to melt in the Adirondacks, the study was
ice and snow. They discovered funded by the Federal Aviation
paraffin oil added to concrete will do Administration as part of their Heated
just that. Airport Pavements Project.

When the paraffin oil freezes from Research is ongoing around the world
liquid to solid, it releases thermal toward developing roads that will de-
heat, warming the concrete and ice themselves.

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