Antifreeze: Difference between revisions

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An additive used to lower the freezing point of a liquid. Compounds that lower the freezing point of water are sodium chloride, magnesium chloride, methanol, ethanol, ethylene glycol and propylene glycol.

anti-freeze; freeze-thaw agent

G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 62

Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993

Random House, Webster's Encyclopedic Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language, Grammercy Book, New York, 1997

The American Heritage Dictionary or Encarta, via Microsoft Bookshelf 98, Microsoft Corp., 1998

Art and Architecture Thesaurus Online, http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/, J. Paul Getty Trust, Los Angeles, 2000

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 == Description ==
-An additive used to lower the freezing point of a liquid. Compounds that lower the freezing point of water are [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=sodium%20chloride sodium chloride], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=magnesium%20chloride magnesium chloride], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=methyl%20alcohol methanol], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ethyl%20alcohol ethanol], [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ethylene%20glycol ethylene glycol] and [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=propylene%20glycol propylene glycol].
+An additive used to lower the freezing point of a liquid. Compounds that lower the freezing point of water are [[sodium%20chloride|sodium chloride]], [[magnesium%20chloride|magnesium chloride]], [[methyl%20alcohol|methanol]], [[ethyl%20alcohol|ethanol]], [[ethylene%20glycol|ethylene glycol]] and [[propylene%20glycol|propylene glycol]].
-See also [http://cameo.mfa.org/materials/fullrecord.asp?name=ice%20melter ice melter].
+See also [[ice%20melter|ice melter]].
 == Synonyms and Related Terms ==