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MELT RESPONSIBLY®

Melt more with less using PELADOW® Calcium Chloride compared to magnesium chloride.


 

CALCULATE SAVINGS

Calculate how much you could save when you MELT RESPONSIBLY® using PELADOW® instead of magnesium chloride.

Ice Melt Costs Per Winter Season

What is your cost per 50 lb. bag of each ice melter?

$
$

How many trucks, pallets, or bags do you currently purchase of magnesium chloride?

SAVINGS RESULTS – When choosing PELADOW® instead of magnesium chloride

Per Season $0 0%

Application Summary

  PELADOW® Premier Magnesium Chloride
Total Cost Per Season $0 $0
Application Rate per lbs./1,000 sq. ft.1 28 50
Square Feet Covered2 0 0
per Season3 0 0

1Application rate for PELADOW based on application of 4 oz/yd2, Oxy's recommended application rate at 20°F. Magnesium chloride application rate based on melting an equivalent amount of ice as PELADOW after 30 minutes at 20°F.

2Equivalent trucks, pallets, or bags of PELADOW Premier per season is calculated based on treating an equal square footage, rounded up to the next whole truck, pallet, or bag.

3Due to rounding up to a full truck, pallet, or bag, the square footage covered by PELADOW Premier as calculated by the pounds of product purchased will be slightly greater than the square footage covered by magnesium chloride.

Citations

Cooper, G., Gall, J.A., and McElroy, A.D. “Melt Volume and Ice Penetration Study of Magnesium Chloride and Calcium Chloride Deicers”. Xth PIARC International Winter Road Congress, March 1998, Lulea, Sweden.

Dave Minner and Barbara Bingaman, Iowa State University. The Effects of De-Icing Chemicals on Turfgrass – Final Report. Fall 1996.

Don W. Green and Robert H. Perry. Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook. 8th Edition. McGraw-Hill. Inside cover.

 


 

VIDEO: PELADOW® MELTS FASTER THAN MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE

 


 

 


 

MELT RESPONSIBLY® - OxyChem Calcium Chloride5 SIMPLE STEPS

Always use the minimum amount of deicer necessary for conditions. Over application will never speed-up ice melting. It will only lead to increased waste, higher costs, and undesirable runoff of excess deicer into the environment.

RECOMMENDED RATE = 28 lbs. per 1,000 ft2.  Adjust based on ice thickness and temperature.

MELT RESPONSIBLY® - Step 1 - Clear Snow - OxyChem Calcium Chloride

STEP 1

Clear snow

MELT RESPONSIBLY® - Step 3 - Spread at Recommended Rate - OxyChem Calcium Chloride

STEP 3

Spread at recommended rate

MELT RESPONSIBLY® - Step 4 - Clear slush - OxyChem Calcium Chloride

STEP 4

Clear slush

 


 

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