It's not unusual to find rust around salt water, but now the pairing might actually be useful. Researchers at Caltech and Northwestern University have found that electricity can be produced when salt ...
Your car hates winter. Not because of the cold, the snow, the traffic or the constant digging and shoveling; that’s why you hate winter. No, your car hates winter because of all that damn road salt ...
Winter road crews save your life and slowly kill your car. The same salt that keeps a mountain pass open will chew into brake lines, suspension arms, and frame rails if you let it sit. The fix isn’t ...
WEST SENECA, N.Y. (WKBW) — With the latest snowstorm to hit Western New York, crews are putting down large amounts of salt on the roads to melt the snow but all that salt can also seriously damage ...
Mid-January in America's rust belt always looks pretty much the same: The sky is grey with clouds, the roads are grey with a disgusting slurry of slushy goop, and our cars turn grey with a light coat ...
Winter weather brings one of the trucking industry’s greatest simultaneous friends and foes: road salt. Salt prevents and melts ice, making road surfaces safer for travel, but it also significantly ...
When snow starts to fall in Idaho Falls, the city’s Street Division has already been active for hours, laying down salt brine. The city uses a 50-50, sodium chloride/sand mixture on select city roads ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Over 44 million pounds of salt hit Louisville's roads—capable of rusting cars. At the ImportDoktor on Lexington Road, owner David George knows what ends up on the outside of a car ...
WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - As the weather continues to trend warmer, drivers may be noticing the effects winter had on their vehicles. The salt, sand and brine from road treatment can cause rusting on the ...