My friend says that salt and ice burn you skin on contact if I try it, I just want to now if it will :confused:

No I don't think so

Hello Soccer !

Well... it all depends on what you mean with "burning".
What happens is this : salt requires energy to dissolve into water. Ice requires energy to melt into water. Combine the two and the mix redraws a lot of energy from whatever is touching the mix (and less energy means a lot colder).

100 years ago this was the only way for people to prepare ice cream (as there were no freezers). The only time of the year that ice was available was of course winter time (unless you lived near high mountains).

The mixture can reach about - 25' Celsius = - 13 Fahrenheit , and that can "burn" your skin.

Note : "burning skin" is caused by a too big temperature difference between the skin and what touches the skin. So you can "burn" your skin with something that is too hot, and with something that is too cold.

I hope this answers your question !

:)

Yes, but not like a "burn" like you see on actual burn victims.

The compound of salt and ice actually become colder than normal ice does, and will "freeze" your skin. If it remains for roughly 5 - 10 seconds, it will hurt, leave it for longer than a minute, and chances are, you may cause some irritations.

Dude, if you put salt on and then hold an ice cube over it in the same place for about 5 minutes, it will leave a nasty sore there.

It doesn't hurt really at all. The sore can stay for up to 3 months, but it really doesn't hurt.

Dude, if you put salt on and then hold an ice cube over it in the same place for about 5 minutes, it will leave a nasty sore there.

It doesn't hurt really at all. The sore can stay for up to 3 months, but it really doesn't hurt.