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Why does water freeze at a temperature lower than 0°c when salt is added to it.

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Salt molecules block water molecules from packing together when temperature is lowered. It then prevents them from becoming ice. More water molecules leave the solid phase than the ones entering the solid phase. Freezing point depression occurs when the freezing point of the liquid is lowered by addition of solute.

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