Chloride Applications

From winter roads to summer dust to process water — find the chloride chemistry built for the job.

One chemistry, many applications

The same family of chloride salts solves a surprising range of problems across the Canadian economy. In winter, calcium, sodium and magnesium chloride keep roads, lots and walkways clear; in summer, calcium and magnesium chloride suppress dust on gravel roads and haul routes. High-purity sodium and potassium chloride soften and treat water; food-grade calcium and potassium chloride serve food and beverage processing; and industrial grades run refrigeration brines, desiccant drying and oilfield fluids. Each application below explains which grade, format and rate fit the job.

What changes between applications is the grade, purity and format — not the supplier. A de-icing road salt is wrong for a water softener, and a technical grade has no place in food production, so matching the product to the use is the whole point. Chloride.ca supplies every grade in bulk, liquid, tote and bagged formats nationwide, with certificates of analysis where purity has to be documented, so a single account can cover de-icing, dust control, water treatment and industrial needs at once.

Each application page below goes deeper — the grades that suit the job, the formats they come in, typical application rates, and the documentation regulated uses require — and links to the matching products, so the path from understanding an application to placing an order is a short one.