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Road Salt

General Properties:

Road salt from TradeDot is a natural product. that is extracted and shoveled from the saline in Egypt as a raw salt.


It is used in roads’ maintenance process as it is applied to the roads during the winter to bare pavement. This process is called the de-icing process, and it is applied to melting ice as well as snow that is deposited on roads.

Chemical Composition

IUPAC Name
Chemical Formula
Weight (%)
Magnesium sulfate
MgSO4
< 0.54%
Magnesium chloride
MgCl2
< 0.26%
Calcium bicarbonate
Ca(HCO3)2
< 0.13%
Calcium carbonate
CaCO3
< 0.02%
Sodium chloride (Dry)
NaCl
> 96.0%
Calcium sulfate
CaSO4
< 0.64%

Physical Properties

Physical Properties
Persentage
Moisture
≈ 1.80%
Sulfate
≈ 0.88%
Insoluble salt
≈ 0.58%
Calcium
≈ 0.23%
Magnesium
≈ 0.17%
Bi-carbonate
≈ 0.09%
Carbonate
≈ 0.01%
Type Of Packing
Bulk vessel

NOTE

Road salt is a prepared natural product. All data are approximate values and do not represent any warranty.

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