Specifications for Cryotech CF7 ®
A high-performance, potassium acetate-based Liquid Deicer. It is effective
at temperatures below -26 °C and replaces common liquid salts
like calcium and magnesium chloride. CF7 is selected to protect
against chloride corrosion to steel and for low temperature applications. It is safer for structural steel and reinforcing steel embedded in concrete and readily biodegrades with little environmental impact.
Potential CF7® customers are typically concerned with deicing speed, environmental issues and/or corrosion. They include transportation officials, public works agencies, property management firms and industrial facilities requiring a high-performance liquid deicer for prewetting primary deicers like road salt and CMA®, or sand. CF7® is appropriate for direct application when speed is critical. It is also suitable for use on outdoor mechanical handling systems such as conveyors and elevators, as well as on walkways, rail switches, and virtually all outdoor deicing applications.
Benefits
- Low corrosion: contains no chlorides
- High performance: effective at -26°C and below
- Easy to handle: clear liquid, no agitation required
- Safe for the environment: non-persistent, biodegradable, low BOD
- Multi-purpose: anti-icing, deicing, and prewetting solids
- Fast: liquid formulation works on contact
- Does not track like common deicers
- Is not slippery like common deicers
Performance
- Has low freezing point of -60°C
- When used as anti-icer - prevents adhesion of snow / ice to pavement
- When used as deicer - breaks snow / ice bonds prior to mechanical remoal
- Does not refreeze like common salts
Application
- Prewetting: apply at spreader outlet at a rate of 130 g/kg of solid deicer
- Deicing:
- Commercial 50-150 g/m²
- Highway 50-150 g/m²
- Anti-icing:
- Commercial 50-150 g/m²
- Highway 50-150 g/m²
- Reapply when new accumulation shows first tendency to bond
- Plow promptly to reduce fluid dilution
Environment
- Readily biodegrades at low temperatures; has low BOD
- Low toxicity to fish and mammals
- Does not contain nitrogen, sodium or chlorides
- Safe for vegetation
Handling
- Polyethylene, carbon, low alloy or stainless steel containers
- Containers must be clean and free of rust, surface deposits and residues
- Do not use galvanized materials
