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Title:

Anti-icing Study: Controlled Chemical Treatments

Abstract:

Correlations between meteorological parameters and chemical effectiveness can indicate the optimum conditions for a particular anti-icing chemical application. Anti-icing chemical treatments are more efficient when used for adhesion prevention than for removing snow and ice already in place

Source(s):

Michigan Technological University, Prepared for Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP)

http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/shrp/SHRP-H-683.pdf

Date: 1994

Author:

Alger, Adams, Beckwith

Keywords:


Anti-icing/deicing chemicals
Winter maintenance

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