How to Use calcium chloride in a Sentence

calcium chloride

noun
  • Right now, rock salt and calcium chloride are not easy to find anywhere.
    — Jessica Riley, CBS News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • If ice has already built up, use calcium chloride or urea to melt the dam, not rock salt, experts say.
    — Detroit Free Press, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The calcium chloride leaches out and attacks the ice in a line that makes a channel.
    — Doug George, chicagotribune.com, 23 Feb. 2021
  • My first job is to squirt a solution of calcium chloride into the tube.
    — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2016
  • 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
  • The snow team uses a salt and calcium chloride mixture to create a slushy mix on the roads for safer driving.
    — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Some people spray leaves with a dilute calcium chloride solution or even leaves and fruit with milk!
    — oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Tomatoes packed without salt or calcium chloride tasted and felt more like fresh tomatoes.
    — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • Fill a couple of cloth bags (roughly the size of a grocery bag) with calcium chloride and hang them from the ceiling to absorb moisture.
    — Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • 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
  • Portage’s large dump trucks will first drop straight white road salt, which melts the ice, and then immediately follow with a spray of calcium chloride which keeps the road warm and binds the salt to it.
    — Carrie Napoleon, Chicago Tribune, 21 Dec. 2022
  • 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
  • Florida’s Turnpike is down to one southbound lane near Consulate Drive as crews clean a calcium chloride spill.
    — Krista Torralva, OrlandoSentinel.com, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Prepare your calcium bath by dissolving the calcium chloride into the water.
    — Science & Food, Discover Magazine, 11 June 2013
  • Some brands also sell San Marzano-style that use a different variety of plum tomato and include calcium chloride and more salt.
    — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, 31 Oct. 2023
  • When soaked in a yet another food-grade component —a calcium chloride water bath—the sheet swells and creates a conductive hydrogel.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Some have added calcium chloride to promote tenderness, others have several other additives as well.
    — Jolene Thym, The Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2019
  • 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
  • Most road salts are either sodium chloride (rock salt) or sometimes a concentrated solution of calcium chloride in colder weather.
    — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 25 Mar. 2018
  • By first placing the powdery moon dust into a hot batch of molten calcium chloride salt, then running an electrical current through the mixture, the researchers can let chemistry and physics do the heavy lifting.
    — Erika K. Carlson, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2020
  • The city also used over 700 tons of a combination of calcium chloride and magnesium chloride to help deice streets and sidewalks throughout the storm.
    — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 8 Jan. 2024
  • 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
  • Other chemical cousins, such as calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, and potassium chloride, are also used.
    — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 4 Dec. 2021

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