Understand the Science of Salt vs. Brine for De-Icing

liquid we are turning rock salt in into salt brine and we're applying it to the pavement that way now keep in mind when we're spreading rock salt on snow and ice we're just creating salt brine on the ground so when we're spraying salt BR we're skipping that phase change which allows it to work more quickly and allows us to use less salt um what I like to say with liquids is is because it's doing the same thing as rock salt it is absolutely equally effective now there are times where rock salt is going to perform better than others um in our climate here in Minnesota I know not all your followers are from Minnesota so I'll keep it broad here but in Minnesota we typically get pretty dry snow the drier the snow the more effective and the more efficient the brine is but brine always works cuz again we're doing the exact same thing as we're doing when we're salting we're just putting it down in brine form instead of allowing the brine to be made naturally on the ground by mixing with the snow and ice um the other thing I like about brine compared to rock salt is it it's more proactive so we're getting out there further ahead of the storm we can pre-treat further ahead of the storm to prevent that bond with the pavement um by being proactive we're keeping the surface condition safer we have more flexibility on when we can apply that pre-treatment if you go out and pre-s salt four days ahead of time all that salt gets crushed up by the car tires and it gets Blown Away In The Wind whereas with Brian we apply it to the pavement it's soaks into the pores and cracks and it can stay there for a lot longer period of time and be effective longer okay so it's basically I just want to clarify rock salt and brine are the exact same thing you actually make brine with rock salt and all you're doing is creating the chemical reaction when you lay rock salt down then you need it to actually have a chemical reaction so that each granular of salt can spread out and you're hoping that you get the exact right pattern so that every granular of salt as it spreads out connects with another granular over here connects with another granular over here and that's why you have to end up using almost 70% more rock salt to get the exact same effect as using brine there's no other difference between the two because you're using rock salt to make brine correct and I think I think it's important to distinguish that the reason we're saving salt by using brine is is not because it's different it…