Table Salt Experiment

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The purpose of this experiment was to find out if table salt, Epsom salt, kosher salt, or sea salt can be more affective in melting ice faster. After performing the experiment, my hypothesis that table salt would melt the ice cube faster than using kosher salt, sea salt, or Epsom salt was proven to be correct. The table salt took the least amount of time to melt the ice cube with an average of 24 minutes. Then came kosher salt with an average time of 31 minutes. Thirdly was the sea salt with an average of 33 minutes. Finally, the Epsom salt took the longest time to dissolve the ice cube with an average of 47 minutes. The table salt melted the ice faster than the kosher salt, and Epsom salt because a granule of table salt is the smallest so