Evaluating the environmental impact of selected chemical de-icers

Xiang Li; Benoit Van Aken; Erica Mckenzie; Huichun Zhang; Bechara Abboud; William Davenport

doi:10.1093/tse/tdz015

Evaluating the environmental impact of selected chemical de-icers

Xiang Li^*, Benoit Van Aken, Erica Mckenzie, Huichun Zhang, Bechara Abboud, William Davenport

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Advanced Research Institute of Multidisciplinary Science

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Abstract

In this study, the environmental impacts of six commercial chloride-based de-icer products, including Rock Salt and Salt Brine, were evaluated. The nutrients, oxygen demand, heavy metal concentration, corrosion and toxicity of all six de-icers were analysed. With an assumed 500-fold dilution, the test results were compared to the public water-quality criteria. The results show that the selected chemical de-icers have little chance of severely damaging the environment and ecosystem under a normal dilution scenario. However, attention needs to be paid to small water bodies and sensitive receiving water.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	220-229
Number of pages	10
Journal	Transportation Safety and Environment
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/tse/tdz015
Publication status	Published - 12 Dec 2019

Keywords

chemical de-icer
corrosion test
environmental impact
toxicity

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