Understanding the NaCl Phase Diagram

The goals of this project are to provide winter maintenance practitioners with a better understanding of the sodium chloride (NaCl) phase diagram and of how brines with salt concentrations higher or lower than the eutectic point of 23.3% will behave on the roadway. This knowledge will help winter maintenance agencies apply salt and salt brines effectively for the best performance on winter roadways.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $100,000.00
• Contract Numbers:

  1044527

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Clear Roads Pooled Fund

  St. Paul, MN  United States 
• Managing Organizations:

  Minnesota Department of Transportation

  395 John Ireland Boulevard
  St Paul, MN  United States  55155
• Performing Organizations:

  Western Transportation Institute

  Montana State University, Bozeman
  P.O. Box 174250
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717-4250
• Principal Investigators:

  Fay, Laura

• Start Date: 20210107
• Expected Completion Date: 20220131
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Diagrams; Sodium chloride; Winter maintenance
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01762231
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 1044527
• Files: RIP, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Jan 12 2021 4:03PM