1) Explain that observation and 2) Justify why they should continue to use calcium chloride solutions even if it is more expensive. You may even suggest a cheaper alternative to calcium chloride that will be as effective in road de-icing. Provide your answers below.
c) To save money, some state Department of Transportation decided to replace relatively expensive calcium chloride (CaCl2) by more affordable beet juice (mostly made of sugar molecules) in the solutions used to treat the roads before a snow/freezing rain storm. However, the beet juice was not as effective at de-icing the roads as was the calcium chloride solution. When road temperatures were very low, the beet juice treatment did not prevent the water from freezing again. You are called to one of those Departments of Transportation to: 1) Explain that observation and 2) Justify why they should continue to use calcium chloride solutions even if it is more expensive. You may even suggest a cheaper alternative to calcium chloride that will be as effective in road de-icing. Provide your answers below.
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