Why we use snowmelt
The snowy winter scenery is pleasing to the eye. But why do some road management units use snow melting agents to clear the snow on the roads?
Because the accumulation of snow on the road surface is harmful and often brings serious inconvenience to traffic and driving safety. To ensure smooth road traffic in winter, snow melting agents have become an essential “hero”.
How to choose snow melting agents
After a heavy snowfall in winter, road maintenance personnel often sprinkle snowmelt on the road surface to facilitate road dredging and driving safety. Some snow melting agents, due to their composition, can cause certain harm to vehicles. If used in large quantities, they can even cause serious salinization of the surrounding soil. Although the effect is good and can quickly and effectively melt snow, it has also received many criticisms.
When choosing a snow melting agent, while pursuing its effectiveness, it is also important to consider whether it will have an impact on the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to choose a mild and effective snow melting agent after heavy snowfall in winter.
The advantages of sodium formate as a snow melting agent
Our company’s sodium formate product, as an organic snow melting agent with irregular particles in appearance, has low corrosiveness to soil, water, vegetation, buildings, and roads, especially preventing the corrosion of magnesium aluminum alloys. It has characteristics such as stable decomposition, low chemical oxygen consumption, low biological oxygen consumption, and low water toxicity. It is a clean and environmentally friendly snow melting agent, not only suitable for streets, highways, bridges, railways, etc., but also suitable for aircraft runways This product is used for de icing and anti icing of aircraft taxiing, and has a quick melting effect under -20 °C environmental conditions.
