How to Use calcium chloride in a Sentence

calcium chloride

noun
  • Use it sparingly and once the ice melts, sweep any excess calcium chloride away.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Slushy snow treated with salt leaves a residue of calcium chloride that can damage shoes, clothes, and carpets.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Instead of buying rock salt, choose a safer de-icer like calcium chloride or magnesium chloride.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Instead of buying rock salt, choose a safer de-icer like calcium chloride or magnesium chloride.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Never ever use calcium chloride, which will corrode the metal on your gutters and siding.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Jan. 2026
  • As for calcium chloride for driveways and sidewalks, availability depends on the store.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Keep sidewalks and parking lots ice-free with rock salt, calcium chloride, Purple Heat, or another de-icer.
    — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Clearing snow and ice after a major storm is no easy task, particularly for those without access to traditional rock salt and calcium chloride ice melt.
    — Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Tellone recommends using calcium chloride to melt any residual snow after shoveling and to prevent more buildup.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Another common ice removal product is calcium chloride.
    — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026
  • At the same time, a salty liquid containing calcium chloride (a salt often used to de-ice roads) is pumped through the regenerator, which carries the heat away and ejects it to the surroundings on exit.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2026
  • OxyChem makes things like chlorine for water treatment, vinyl chloride for plastics and calcium chloride that’s used to treat icy roads along with an assortment of other chemicals.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Salt can also cause potential damage to concrete and plants, sometimes making alternatives like sand or calcium chloride (for concrete) better choices.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Use calcium chloride after shoveling.
    — Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Dec. 2025
  • Use products that contain magnesium chloride or calcium chloride for better results in colder temperatures.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Purple ice melter is a blend of sodium acetate, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride, potassium chloride, and a non-staining purple coloring.
    — Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Magnesium and calcium chlorides contain less damaging salt but can be expensive and corrosive to certain materials.
    — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Additionally, tofu is an excellent source of calcium, especially when it is made with calcium chloride or calcium sulfate.
    — Lana Barhum, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2026
  • The densest, a molten antimony cathode, is on the bottom, the light calcium alloy anode is on top, and the intermediate-density calcium chloride salt electrolyte sits in the middle.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 7 Aug. 2023
  • One of the most effective ways to remove it is by using a de-icing product, like rock salt, calcium chloride pellets or calcium magnesium acetate, according to Curti's Landscaping.
    — Maddie McGay, USA Today, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Each can contains butter beans, water, salt, and preservatives calcium chloride and calcium disodium EDTA (which act as firming and color-retention agents).
    — Rebecca Firkser, Bon Appetit Magazine, 3 June 2026
  • First is selective extraction, where magnet scraps are submerged in a molten salt mixture containing calcium chloride (CaCl2) and magnesium chloride (MgCl2).
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Aug. 2025
  • There are several ice melts on the market with different chemical compositions, such as magnesium chloride (Mg2Cl), potassium chloride (KCl), and calcium chloride (CaCl2).
    — Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 25 Feb. 2026

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