off the top of my head...

:)

NaCl in solution does not supply any additional H+ or OH- ions to "create" a
pH.

Whether NaCl affects the dissociation constant of H2O I cannot say, but I
would guess that the road salt solution would have pretty close to the pH of
whatever water the salt was dissolved in.

The rain/snow would be on the acid side I'd say, so the salt solution would
be likewise.

Alistair

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on 9/1/04 2:32 pm, Jonathan Farrugia wrote:

> does anyone know the approximate pH range of a road salt solution?  i know
> i should remember that from one of my chemistry classes but i can't
> remember and i don't have a book around to look it up.  i did some
> google searches but came up empty.
>
> jonathan