GEOMELT® De-icing products are Magnesium Chloride Free
Magnesium Chloride otherwise known as MgCl2 has been found to quite a destructive element to concrete and ashphalt surfaces and in light of this Future Road Solutions Inc & GEOMELT® are not including the chemical in it's de-icing and anti-icing products. Please find references below on the subject.
Magnesium Chloride as a Road Deicer: A Critical Review
Peter G. Snow, FACI
Burns Concrete, Inc.
Idaho Falls, Idaho
1998 Transportation Conference Proceedings
PCC Pavement Deterioration and Expansive Mineral Growth
Hyomin Lee, Anita M. Cody, Robert D. Cody and Paul G. Spry
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
Semiseqicentennial Transportation Conference
The Formation of Rims on Dolomite Aggregate in Iowa Concrete
Paul G. Spry, Guo-Lian Gan, Robert D. Cody and Anita M. Cody
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
Semiseqicentennial Transportation Conference
Concrete Deterioration by Deicing Salts: An Experimental Study
Robert D. Cody, Anita M. Cody, Paul G. Spry and Guo-Lian Gan
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
Mid-Continent Transportation Symposium
Effects of Various Deicing Chemicals on Pavement Concrete Deterioration
Hyomin Lee, Robert D. Cody, Anita M. Cody, and Paul G. Spry
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
Iowa DOT HR-384, Final Report
Expansive Mineral Growth and Concrete Deterioration
Project Development Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation
The Iowa Highway Research Board
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
Abstract http://www.operationsresearch.dot.state.ia.us/reports/reports_pdf/hr_and_tr/abstracts/hr384.pdf
Report
http://www.operationsresearch.dot.state.ia.us/reports/reports_pdf/hr_and_tr/reports/hr384.pdf
Iowa DOT HR-355, Final Report
The Role of Magnesium in Concrete Deterioration
Project Development Division of the Iowa Department of Transportation
The Iowa Highway Research Board
Department of Geological and Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University
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