TRB Document: Special Report 235

Special Report 235

Highway Deicing

Comparing Salt and Calcium Magnesium Acetate

Committee on the
Comparative Costs of Rock Salt and
Calcium Magnesium Acetate (CMA)
for Highway Deicing

Transportation Research Board
National Research Council
Washington, D.C., 1991

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Preface, Table of Contents, Executive Summary and Introduction
Chapter 1 - Introduction
Chapter 2 - Road Salt Deicing in the United States
Chapter 3 - Effects of Road Salt on Motor Vehicles and Infrastructure
Chapter 3 (cont.)
Chapter 3 (concluded)
Chapter 4 - Road Salt Impacts on the Environment
Chapter 4 (concluded)
Chapter 5 - Road Salt Impacts on Drinking Water
Chapter 6 - Calcium Magnesium Acetate
Chapter 6 (concluded)
Chapter 7 - Summary of Cost and Use Issues
Chapter 7 (concluded)
Appendix A - State Highway Questionnaire
Study Committee Biographical Information

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