This article is about the mixture of solid and liquid snow. For other uses of the term "slush", see Slush. Slush is partly melted snow and ice. ...

Slush is a slurry mixture of liquid and solid forms of water. A slurry may be: Look up slurry in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Impact of a drop of water Water is a chemical substance that is essential to all known forms of life. ...

Formation

Slush is a slurry mixture of liquid and solid forms of water. In the natural environment, slush forms as ice and snow melts. This often mixes with dirt and other materials, resulting in a gray or muddy brown color. Often, solid ice or snow will block the drainage of fluid water from slushy areas, so slush often goes through multiple freeze/thaw cycles before completely disappearing. In areas where road salt is used to clear roadways, slush forms at colder temperatures than it would ordinarily, and only in salted areas; this can produce a number of different consistencies over the same geographical area.

Hazards

Slush can be a problem on aircraft runways as the effect of excess slush acting on the aircraft's wheels can have a retarding effect during take off, causing accidents such as the Munich air disaster. Look up aircraft in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... A plaque at Old Trafford Football Ground commemorating the Munich air disaster On the February 6, 1958, the British European Airways Flight 609 crashed in a blizzard on its third attempt to take off from an icy runway at the Munich-Riem airport in Germany. ...