Brine rejection is a process that occurs when salty water freezes. Because the dissolved salts do not fit into the crystal structure of water ice, the salt is expelled from the forming ice as it grows. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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