Effects of Calcium Magnesium Acetate on Small Lentic Environments in Interior Alaska.

摘要

The necessity for finding an alternative deicer to road salt (NaCl, CaCl2) has arisn because significant detrimental impacts are associated with salt usage. Calcium magnesium acetate (CMA) has been identified as a viable alternative to chloride salt. Ongoing studies are being conducted to determine the ice melting characteristics of CMA solids, the best methodology for acetic acid production, the corrosion characteristics on highway structures, the effects on pavements and motor vehicles, and the effects on environmental systems such as roadside vegetation, soils, groundwater and surface water.