a) NH,NO3 b) NaNO3 c) KNO3 d) (NH4)2SO4

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In a newspaper from the northern part of the USA, an advice was presented for the people of the region, to use ammonium nitrate, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate or ammonium sulfate instead of common salt to melt the snow and ice of sidewalks or curbs, because the salt damages the vegetation. Which of the listed compounds would have the largest freezing point depression when dissolving 100 g of each of the salts in 1 kg of water?

a) NH,NO3
b) NaNO3
c) KNO3
d) (NH4)2SO4
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