2007-12-28 13:41:11 · 6 answers · asked by J T 6 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
You can use baking soda just as you would salt on your walkways and driveway to melt ice and snow. Baking powder isn't going to do anything but make a mess!
2007-12-28 13:46:32 · answer #1 · answered by Dominicks Granny 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Actually backing soda is a salt, and baking powder is a mixture of (usually) baking soda and an acid salt, all of which will lower the freezing point of water (and therefore help melt snow) Actually anything that dissolves in water will lower the freezing point. However, baking powder may contain starch as well, and, as someone else said, that would make a mess, plus baking powder is relative expensive.
2007-12-28 22:00:32 · answer #2 · answered by tinkertailorcandlestickmaker 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Since you've received answers in both directions (yes and no), and you might be confused, trust me when I tell you that those who said it WILL NOT help melt snow are WRONG, and those who said it WILL help are CORRECT. Any compound soluble in water will lower it's freezing point. This is known as a colligative property. It doesn't have to be NaCl (aka salt), or CaCl2. It can be sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), or anything else like this. Hope this helps straighten out the confusion.
2007-12-29 09:17:31 · answer #3 · answered by Simonizer1218 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Neither. Salt melts snow because its atoms separate the water molescules and prevent them from freezing. Baking powder nor baking soda have Na AND Cl molecules.
2007-12-28 21:46:03 · answer #4 · answered by nightowl 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, but salts do. They lower the freezing point of water so that the ambient temperature is enough to melt the ice.
2007-12-28 21:45:44 · answer #5 · answered by Computer Guy 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
lol,lol,lol you are funny.
2007-12-28 21:49:33 · answer #6 · answered by The Fresh One 3 · 0⤊ 3⤋