Physics:Magnetic water treatment
Magnetic water treatment (also known as anti-scale magnetic treatment or AMT) is a method of supposedly reducing the effects of hard water by passing it through a magnetic field as a non-chemical alternative to water softening. Magnetic water treatment is regarded as unproven and unscientific. A 1996 study by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory found no significant effect of magnetic water treatment on the formation of scale.[1]
Vendors of magnetic water treatment devices frequently use photos and testimonials to support their claims, but omit quantitative detail and well-controlled studies.[2] Advertisements and promotions generally omit system variables, such as corrosion or system mass balance analyticals, as well as measurements of post-treatment water such as concentration of hardness ions or the distribution, structure, and morphology of suspended particles.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
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References
- ↑ Krauter, PW; Harrar, JE; Orloff, SP; Bahowick, SM (1996). "Test of a Magnetic Device for Amelioration of Scale Formation at Treatment Facility D". Internal Report (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory). doi:10.2172/567404. http://www.osti.gov/bridge/servlets/purl/567404-bQ4DwB/webviewable/567404.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keister, T (2008). "Non Chemical Devices: Thirty Years of Myth Busting". Water Conditioning & Purification. http://www.wcponline.com/pdf/0804Keister.pdf. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
- ↑ Powell, MR (1998). "Magnetic Water and Fuel Treatment: Myth, Magic, or Mainstream Science?". Skeptical Inquirer 22 (1). http://www.csicop.org/si/9801/powell.html. Retrieved 2007-10-26.
- ↑ Lower, S. "Magnetic water treatment and pseudoscience". Chem1Ware Systems Limited. http://www.chem1.com/CQ/magscams.html.
- ↑ Limpert, GJC; Raber, JL (1985). "Tests of nonchemical scale control devices in a once-through system". Materials Performance 24 (10): 40–45.
- ↑ Smothers, KW; Curtiss, CD; Gard, BT; Strauss, RH; Hock, VF (15 June 2001). "Magnetic Water Treatment". Public Works Technical Bulletin 420-49-34. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. http://www.wbdg.org/ccb/ARMYCOE/PWTB/pwtb_420_49_34.pdf.
- ↑ Coey, J.M.D; Cass, Stephen (2000). "Magnetic Water Treatment". Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 209 (1–3): 71–74. doi:10.1016/S0304-8853(99)00648-4. Bibcode: 2000JMMM..209...71C. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222834605_Magnetic_Water_Treatment. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
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