Solid state chemistry Damage to shoes when using salts against ice

I think it's due to dehydration of the material. This salt has a high solubility energy, so when it dissolve it emits large amount of heat. So when solid solts gets on some type of material it pulls water from it, damaging the material 

@chaoticgood Then, in theory, soaking the material in water should solve the same problem

@argentum No, because damage is permanent. I think we all got a hole in lab coats from H2SO4 this way

@chaoticgood I don't know where H2O is found in rubber?

@argentum I'm not sure if rubber can be damaged by the salt. There is not much purely rubber boots left out there

@chaoticgood what materials are then damaged in the composition of the shoes?

@argentum Unfortunately I'm not well informed about general shoe composition. I know that natural materials such as leather and sued can be damaged sufficiently if they're not protected

@chaoticgood It is interesting exactly what processes lead to destruction

@argentum I guess I can be called dehydration 

@chaoticgood Could there be other mechanisms of damage?

@argentum Depending on a material. Also I think composition of the salt varies from place to place

In general, does the damaging effect of salts on leather products consist in their dehydration?

@argentum I think so

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