Deliquescing salts taking up moisture from the Mars atmosphere: Difference between revisions

In this way, it doesn't matter much what the actual percentages of theany twoof the salts that are present, however many they are, so long as there is some of boththem all in the mixture. You will then get some liquid forming at the relative humidity for the optimal eutonic mixture.

YouIt canworks havethe asame eutecticway mixturewith ofeutectics two or moreand salts. with water.But Howeverthe intemperature thisreductions caseare theless. The eutectic point is normally not much reduced below the value for the salt with the lowest individual eutectic. For instance However, the eutectic point for a mixture of several salts with water is normally close to the eutectic for the salt with the lowest eutectic point with water. For instance calcium chloride combined with magnesium chloride (eutectice -33.4 °C) has a eutectic of -50.8 °C and on its own, the eutectic is -50.1 °C<ref name="TonerCatling2014"/>.