- 1). Place a tray of ice cubes in a three-quart bowl. You will want a bowl that is large enough to accommodate the ice, the solution you will add to it, and the added volume that will come about once the ice has melted.
- 2). Crush the ice. You can use an ice crusher, a food processor, or blender. Whether the ice you want to melt quickly is in cubes, or in a solid block, crushing it will allow the melting solution to reach more ice surfaces more quickly. This will increase melting speed.
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Boil water to add to the frozen ice.big metallic kettle image by Maria Brzostowska from Fotolia.com
Boil water. Place two cups of water in a teapot or saucepan and bring it to a boil. - 4
Salt lowers the melting point of ice.salt image by Andrey Rakhmatullin from Fotolia.com
Add 1/3 cup of salt to the boiling water. Salt lowers the melting point of ice. In fact, covering ice with salt alone will cause it to melt faster than just leaving the ice at room temperature. Adding boiling water to ice raises the temperature of the ice. Adding salted boiling water to ice means raising the temperature of the ice, while lowering the melting point of the ice. It's like a one-two punch and a super-aggressive approach to melting the frozen substance. - 5
Add salted boiling water to ice and watch the ice melt away.boiling water 2 image by Christopher Hall from Fotolia.com
Pour the salted boiling water over the crushed ice. Use enough water to cover the ice completely. Your ice will melt in a jiffy.
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