Black Ice

Anyone who lives in an area of snow and below zero temperatures will be familiar with 'black ice'. That time when the bitumen is covered with ice and the roads become undriveable, unbearable and very dangerous. Each year many vehicles and trucks end up on their side, in an embankment after sliding on black ice.
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Now a team from Turkey's Koc University have developed a salt-embedded road that could keep roads from freezing and take away the danger of black ice. The material is a combination of bitumen, a major component of asphalt, salt potassium formate and polymer styrene-butadiene-styrene. This product apparently slows down the formation of ice by releasing de-iced salt for a period of 2 months. This is a fantastic breakthrough in the innovation of roads and we hope they’re able to bring it to life for a more sustainable product that will last for years.