Making Brines

SALT

This Video has info on how to use a hydrometer to get to the 23.5% solution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4-UAQ5HwNg

Manual of Practice for An Effective Anti-Icing Program w/Proportions for preparing sodium chloride solutions from commercial grade salt

http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/95202/004.cfm

Other Salt Brine Making Info:
http://www.t2.unh.edu/sites/t2.unh.edu/files/documents/Salt_Reduction/BMP/BMP%20Brine%20Making.pdf

Phase Diagram for Salt Brine % – NaCi

CALCIUM

Calcium Chloride: A Guide to Handling and Storage

Click to access Peladow%20Handling%20and%20Storage.pdf

Approximate Properties of Solutions of Calcium Chloride – Chart http://meltsnow.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/image006.png

Calculator – Making Solutions From Dry Calcium Chloride http://www.oxycalciumchloride.com/sitefinity/websitetemplates/oxycalciumchloride/calculators/making-solutions/index.html

Calcium Chloride Handbook http://www.prog-univers.com/IMG/pdf/CalciumChloridHandbook.pdf

Hydrometers: Keep Liquid Deicers Honest http://meltsnow.com/hydrometers/

The Alchemy of Blending Salt Brine – PP Presentation http://www.azltap.org/WMC%20Presentations/Blending%20-%20Arizona%20%5BRead-Only%5D.pdf

Aproximate Properties of Calcium Chloride – CaCi2

 

BLENDING

TIU Calculation for Making CaCl2- NaCi Brine Blends

Salt Brine Blending to Optimize Deicing and Anti-Icing Performance http://www.dot.state.mn.us/research/documents/201220.pdf

Brine Additives Demystified – PP Presentation http://www2.apwa.net/documents/Meetings/Handouts/Snow/5337.pdf