Salt 1

Question 0

How many salt production facilities are in the United States?

Answer 0

41

Question 1

How many tons of salt are consumed annually?

Answer 1

200 million tons of salt consumed annually

Question 2

How may salt production facilities are in Mexico?

Answer 2

19

Question 3

How many salt production facilities are on the Caribbean?

Answer 3

4

Question 4

How many salt production facilities are in Canada?

Answer 4

13

Question 5

What is the composition of salt production sites in the Unites States?

Answer 5

Solar - 14
Evaporated - 17
Rock - 10

Question 6

What is the composition of salt production sites in the Mexico?

Answer 6

Solar - 16

Evaporated- 3

Question 7

What is the composition of salt production sites in the Caribbean ?

Answer 7

Solar - 4

Rock - 1

Question 8

What is the composition of salt production sites in the Canada?

Answer 8

Evaporated- 8

Rock - 8

Question 9

At what temperature is salt effective as a de-icer?

Answer 9

When temperatures are above 15 degrees Fahrenheit.

Question 10

What is a considered a reactive strategy and what is considered a proactive strategy in de-icing roads?

Answer 10

Rock salt is reactive

Salt brine is proactive

Question 11

What is more effective in lower temperatures between rock salt and salt brine?

Answer 11

Salt brine

Question 12

What is the percentage of salt concentration in salt brine?

Answer 12

23%

Question 13

Why are brines more cost effective than rock salt for de-icing?

Answer 13

It takes four times less salt to prevent ice accumulation than to remove ice after it has formed.

Question 14

What is the average cost savings from switching to brine from rock salt on de-icing process?

Answer 14

67%

Question 15

At what temperature does brine lose most of its de-icing strength?

Answer 15

20 degrees Fahrenheit

Question 16

How much rock salt and brine are required to treat 1 acre for de-icing?

Answer 16

Rock salt - 700 lbs
Brine - 100 gallons

Conversion to liquid: 2.288 lbs. of salt = 1 gal. 23.3% brine
Price: 2.288 x $0.04 (rock salt price per lbs.) = $0.0915
Chloride emissions: 2.288 lbs. x 60% chloride = 1.3728 lbs. x 100 gal. = 137.28 lbs.
Cost to treat: 100 gal. x $0.0915 = $9.15

Question 17

How much did Wisconsin pay per gallon for salt brine?

Answer 17

$12.75/gallon

Paid $37 million for 2.9 million gallons of brine

Question 18

What is the market price of salt?

Answer 18

Highway: $53.19/ton

Consumers & industrial: $145.78

Combined: $69.39