I understand that the salt does not actually "melt" the ice but what is the salt really doing to the ice?

"Enough of it, inside the clothes, will sink the body and hold it until the salt melts."

If it rains, the salt will melt and there won't be any sign of it.

It is interesting to note that the salt melt used for extraction can be recycled.

Within limits, the more salt that dissolves, the greater the amount of ice melted and the lower the freezing temperature of the resulting solution.

Since the salt melted the ice, how did it freeze again?

The salt actually melts the ice and makes a cold bath of ice water.

Replies: For exactly the same reason that salt on the roads melts snow.

As the salt melts and the chicken turns, the seasoning soaks into the flesh from the inside out.

He believes it is important to leave the curing fish out of the refrigerator for the first six hours, so that the salt and sugar melt.