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Subject: Why do you put salt in the ice when making ice cream?

Date: Tue Apr 15 22:42:46 1997
Posted by Jan French
Grade level: 4-6
School: Cherokee Elementary
City: Hamilton State/Province: Ohio
Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 861162166.Ch
Message:

I know that salt lowers the freezing point of ice, so if you put salt in the ice, it seems like the ice wouldn't cool the milk enough to freeze it. Doesn't the salt melt the ice? If so, then how can the ice freeze the milk?


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