Another possible Calcium Chloride source?

[Dr4g0nf1y]

Hi Randy,

I happen to live near the town where they package snow melt products. I'm trying to find out more information because I suspect they are just repackaging and not producing calcium chloride and magnesium chloride.

What would I need to know about these products to determine their worthyness for use in your additive solutions?

Here's the link to their page:

http://www.milazzoindustries.com/snow-ice.htm

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

If they can trace their origins back to Dow (for calcium) or the Dead Sea Works (for magnesium), then they are likely OK. If not,they may be OK, but I don't know.
I discuss substitutes in this article:

An Improved Do-it-Yourself Two-Part Calcium and Alkalinity Supplement System
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-02/rhf/index.php

 

[Dr4g0nf1y]

I found this information in an MSDS sheet for their product:

Calcium Chloride CAS#010043-52-4 90-97%
Sodium Chloride CAS#007647-14-5 1-2%
Potassium Chloride CAS#007447-40-7 2-3%
Strontium Chloride CAS#010476-85-4 0-1%
Water

and near the middle of the sheet it says that large drum recycling for this product is offered. Contact DOW.

Mystery Solved?

 

[Ramble On Rose]

I have been looking everywhere for any type of calcium chloride and this is the only stuff that I was able to find. I bought two bags of it so I hope it is safe to use!

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Mystery Solved?

Maybe. That has about that right set of expected major impurities and the mention of Dow is good. It might well be worth trying.

 

[zivic2play]

I've been using QikJoe Ice Melt for 6 months now. So far so good. Also, when you read the description for the QikJoe Calcium Chloride, it mentions the pellets as Peladow.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

The mentioning of it being Peladow suggests it is OK, IMO.