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Soft matter and liquids

Soft matter and liquids

A salty safety solution

Courtesy: Knut Opeide, Norwegian Public Roads Administration
12 Dec 2017
Taken from the December 2017 issue of Physics World

As the wintry months take their grip on the northern hemisphere, Johan Wåhlin and Alex Klein-Paste explain why salt keeps us safe on icy roads

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Johan Wåhlin and Alex Klein-Paste are researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim, Norway, e-mail johan.wahlin@vegvesen.no and alex.klein-paste@ntnu.no
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