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Navigating an icy road can be pretty dangerous.
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And while applying a coating of salt is the time -tested method for rendering a frozen highway drivable, that salt has major downsides.
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It's toxic for plants, wildlife, and freshwater ecosystems.
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It contaminates our drinking water and air quality.
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It can even damage our cars, which feels a bit counterproductive.
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So how do we make winter roads safe for both drivers and the environment?
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Well, science says we have options.
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Salting a road is by far the most common de -icing technique.
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When salt mixes with water, the resulting solution has a lower freezing temperature than water by itself.
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However, this is true for all kinds of solutions, not just salty ones.
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Thanks to a scientific principle called freezing point depression,
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the temperature at which plain H2O freezes is always higher than its freezing point when something is dissolved into it.
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Essentially, the salt keeps water molecules from forming solid ice crystals because the salt interrupts the watery ice structure.
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The temperature at which the salty water eventually freezes depends on how salty the solution is.
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And although salting roads with the classic sodium chloride is effective, it wreaks havoc on plants and wildlife, contributes to poor air, soil,
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and water quality, ruins infrastructure like water treatment plants and bridges, and corrodes our stuff, like the steel in cars.
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Which is why some places are experimenting with a few solutions to this chili conundrum.
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We can start simple.
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Even a different kind of salt can make a difference.
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The sodium chloride you put on your food is chemically the same as the rock salt
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or halite that's spread on roads to melt ice.
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It's cheap, effective, and the infrastructure for delivering it to roads is already in place.
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The problem is that the chlorides in the sodium chloride don't ever break down in the environment.
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But other salts are better for the environment, if only
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because less is required in solution to achieve the same freezing point depression we get with a higher concentration of sodium chloride.
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Remember, a salt is just any compound that has positive and negative ions, which together make a neutral charge.
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There are a lot of options for what salts you can use.
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For instance, magnesium chloride and calcium chloride lower the freezing point more effectively due to some interesting chemistry.
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When sodium chloride dissolves in water, it dissociates into two ions, Na -plus and Cl -minus.
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Magnesium chloride and calcium chloride, on the other hand,
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dissociate into three ions each since they're each made of three total atoms instead of the two in NaCl. And
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because the number of dissolved particles in a solution is what determines how low the freezing point of a solution can get,
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salts like calcium chloride can do the same job as sodium chloride while using less raw salt to do it.
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Some states like Connecticut have used magnesium chloride salts for de -icing, citing the lower cost of the solution.
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However, there is a downside.
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They're still somewhat corrosive to cars, making them less than ideal.
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And these salts are also bad for the environment when they accumulate.
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It just doesn't happen as fast as with sodium chloride, because less is needed to do the job.
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Figuring out which ions react with what can be a major chemistry puzzle.
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That link also gives you 20 % off an annual premium Brilliant subscription.
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So, if your ears perked up at the mere mention of the environment, just wait until you hear about this next de -icing alternative.
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Of course, there are other options beyond salts for de -icing roads.
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Some state road agencies have tested all kinds of weird stuff.
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– cheese brine, pickle juice, beet juice, and… pig pee, to name a few?
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Welcome to the wild world of potentially eco -friendly methods for melting road ice.
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Byproducts from vodka distilleries or sugar beet processing facilities contain a lot of sugars, which, when added to road salts,
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helps lower the melting point of the ice, meaning the salt will work better at even lower temperatures.
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But not all eco -options are created equal.
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For instance, some communities have complained about the smell from that beet wastewater,
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water, and some research shows that distillery byproducts can also cause some of those ecosystem problems that we're trying to avoid.
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Urea is also marketed as an eco -friendly solution to road salt,
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since it's also water -soluble and makes a solution with a lower freezing point than pure water.
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And while urea is great at de -icing and is generally safe for pets and children to be around, there are some downsides.
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It doesn't perform well below negative 4 degrees Celsius, and once it gets into a waterway, it decreases dissolved oxygen and causes algal blooms.
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Plus, urea is actually somewhat expensive, at least compared to the other options out there.
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Still, there's definitely a market for more of these less harmful options for de -icing.
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The other way to help de -ice our roads is also the way to make pickles.
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Brine.
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But I'm not talking about your leftover pickle juice.
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Brine is just water that's got a lot of salts dissolved in it.
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And using brine on the roads is a pretty neat way to prevent the ice from forming in the first place.
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When you de -ice a road that's already been snowed upon,
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transportation agencies use wet rock salt to break the bond between the ice and the road, making it safer to drive.
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But the idea behind the brine is to apply liquid salt to the road ahead of time.
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Some places have started brining the roads with liquid salt solution before the snow or ice shows up.
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This limits the amount of ice that can form on the road to begin with, and uses about a quarter of the salt of de -icing.
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Brining requires a lot of infrastructure and planning.
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A community needs trucks with big tanks and pumps to spray the brine onto the pavement's surface.
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This stuff can be expensive.
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However, communities that have invested in brining roads have reported reducing the overall cost of maintaining winter roads,
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even after accounting for the extra equipment and staffing.
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And the reason for the savings is simple, they're just not buying as much salt.
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So, while nothing is perfect, there are absolutely some ways we can move ahead on making our roads safer and more eco -friendly.
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Let's just hope they don't all smell like pig pee.
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Thanks for watching.
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Bu dersin kelimeleri ve konuşma notları
Bu konuşma dersi “How To Clear Icy Roads, With Science” videosuna dayanıyor. En çok tekrarlanan kelimeler: salt, road, chloride, solution, ice. Bu videoda gölgeleme çalışması için 60 cümle ve 1197 kelime var. Konuşma bölümü 6:02 sürüyor. Konuşmacı hızlı konuşuyor, dakikada yaklaşık 198 kelime; bu yüzden birbirine bağlanan ve zayıflayan sesler duyacaksınız. Kelimelerin yalnızca %78’i İngilizcede en sık kullanılan 3.000 kelime arasında, bu yüzden kelime dağarcığı zorlayıcı.
Bu videodaki önemli kelimeler
Videodan öğrenmeye değer 15 kelime, telaffuzu ve anlamıyla:
| Kelime | Telaffuz | Anlam |
|---|---|---|
| freeze fiil | /ˈfɹiːz/ | donmak |
| sodium isim | /ˈsəʊ.di.əm/ | sodyum |
| ion isim | /ˈaɪ.ɑn/ | iyon |
| puzzle isim | /ˈpʌzəl/ | bulmaca, muamma |
| infrastructure isim | /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/ | altyapı, enfrastrüktür |
| juice isim | /d͡ʒuːs/ | meyve suyu |
| chemistry isim | /ˈkɛm.ɪ.stɹi/ | kimya |
| melt fiil | /mɛlt/ | erimek |
| calcium isim | /ˈkælsi.əm/ | kalsiyum |
| salty sıfat | /ˈsɔlti/ | tuzlu |
| downside isim | /ˈdaʊnˌsaɪd/ | dezavantaj |
| lesson isim | /ˈlɛs.ən/ | ders, çimke |
| liquid isim | /ˈlɪk.wɪd/ | sıvı, likit |
| wildlife isim | /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/ | vahşi yaşam, vahşi hayat |
| ecosystem isim | /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/ | ekosistem |
Duyacağınız deyimsel fiiller
| Kelime | Anlam |
|---|---|
| figure out fiil | açığa çıkarmak |
| show up fiil | ortaya çıkmak |
Bu videodaki dil bilgisi
Konuşmacının en çok kullandığı yapılar, videodaki sözcüklerin aynısıyla:
| Yapı | Videoda |
|---|---|
| Present perfect have/has + fiilin üçüncü hâli — geçmişte olan ama şimdi de önemli olan bir eylem | have used · have tested · have complained |
| Edilgen yapı be + fiilin üçüncü hâli — kimin yaptığı değil, ne olduğu önemli | is dissolved · is required · is needed |
Dikkat edilecek telaffuzlar
Konuşmacı they're, doesn't, don't gibi kısaltılmış biçimleri 9 kez kullanıyor. Bunları duyduğunuz gibi kısa söyleyin.
- “sh” ve “zh” sesleri: essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, concentration /ˌkɑn.sənˈtɹeɪ.ʃən/, subscription /səbˈskɹɪpʃən/, freshwater /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/
- Uzun kelimeler — vurguyu doğru yere koyun: infrastructure /ˈɪnfɹəˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/, ecosystem /ˈikoʊˌsɪstəm/, essentially /ɪˈsɛnʃəli/, potentially /pəˈtɛnʃ(ə)li/, experiment /ɪkˈspɛɹ.ə.mənt/
Türkçe konuşanların zorlandığı sesler:
- /w/ — dudaklar yuvarlak, /v/ değil: liquid /ˈlɪk.wɪd/, wildlife /ˈwaɪldlaɪf/, freshwater /ˈfɹɛʃˌwɔːtə(ɹ)/, waterway /ˈwɔːtəweɪ/, watery /ˈwɔtəɹi/
- Kelime başındaki ünsüz kümesi — araya ünlü eklemeyin: freeze /ˈfɹiːz/, plain /pleɪn/, crystal /ˈkɹɪstəl/, principle /ˈpɹɪn.sɪ.pəl/, premium /ˈpɹiː.miː.əm/
- /æ/ — “e”den daha açık: calcium /ˈkælsi.əm/, math /mæθ/, react /ɹiːˈækt/, interactive /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/, atom /ˈætəm/
Bu videoyla nasıl çalışılır
- Videonun tamamını konuşmadan bir kez dinleyin ve bilmediğiniz kelimeleri not edin.
- 0,75× hızla başlayın, cümle cümle tekrar edin ve kolaylaşınca normal hıza dönün.
- Kendinizi kaydedin ve orijinaliyle karşılaştırın; freeze, sodium, ion gibi kelimelere özellikle dikkat edin.
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