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A comment on IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients. Parent comment

Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by TheSpiceIsLife on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:41AM (#16438854)
The salt won't freeze though?
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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by wingspar on Thursday February 22, 2018 @12:13PM (#16439176)
Salt water freezes fine... Lower than 32f/0c but not too much for a regular household freezer. https://van.physics.illinois.edu/qa/listing.php?id=1722
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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by aidenn0 on Thursday February 22, 2018 @11:49AM (#16438938)
If you look at the recipe it's like 3g of salt in 1L of water; that lowers the freezing point a bit, but not much.
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Re:IV Bags May Not Be Necessary to Rehydrate Patients by kragen on Monday February 26, 2018 @10:36AM (#16465973)
Salt freezes at 801°. If the temperature is too high for the salt to freeze, it's way too high for the water or the salt–water eutectic to freeze. Also, you are going to have worse health problems than dehydration pretty quick.
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