Experimental Performance of ‘Miracle’ Water Conditioners

Eliassen, Roll; Skiinde, Rolf T.; Davis, William B.

doi:10.1002/j.1551-8833.1958.tb20696.x

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“…The issue was raised in the early 1950s when commercial “water conditioners” using permanent magnets were sold as a unit [1]. It was said that such water conditioners could remove old scale and prevent new scale from forming in water pipes or water boilers if the water passed through a magnetic field created by the permanent magnet.…”

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“…It was said that such water conditioners could remove old scale and prevent new scale from forming in water pipes or water boilers if the water passed through a magnetic field created by the permanent magnet. However, a report in 1958 showed that water conditioners, or even a much stronger magnetic field, could not alter the scale-forming properties of water [1]. Since that time, there have been many contradictory arguments opinions on the effect of a magnetic field on water.…”

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Evaporation Rate of Water as a Function of a Magnetic Field and Field Gradient

Guo

Yin

Cao

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IJMS

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The effect of magnetic fields on water is still a highly controversial topic despite the vast amount of research devoted to this topic in past decades. Enhanced water evaporation in a magnetic field, however, is less disputed. The underlying mechanism for this phenomenon has been investigated in previous studies. In this paper, we present an investigation of the evaporation of water in a large gradient magnetic field. The evaporation of pure water at simulated gravity positions (0 gravity level (ab. g), 1 g, 1.56 g and 1.96 g) in a superconducting magnet was compared with that in the absence of the magnetic field. The results showed that the evaporation of water was indeed faster in the magnetic field than in the absence of the magnetic field. Furthermore, the amount of water evaporation differed depending on the position of the sample within the magnetic field. In particular, the evaporation at 0 g was clearly faster than that at other positions. The results are discussed from the point of view of the evaporation surface area of the water/air interface and the convection induced by the magnetization force due to the difference in the magnetic susceptibility of water vapor and the surrounding air.

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Evaporation Rate of Water as a Function of a Magnetic Field and Field Gradient

Guo

Yin

Cao

et al. 2012

IJMS

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“…A considerable number of assertions from production plant engineers claim economic benefits (Diamant, 1970). However an equally respectable number of laboratory investigations fail to show an effect (Welder and Partridge, 1954;Eliassen et al, 1958).…”

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Fluctuating environmental conditions suggested by observations of conductivity changes in water after single electrode treatment∗∗

Comunetti¹

1973

Journal of Interdisiplinary Cycle Research

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“…Mulder ( 5 ) bezieht sich in seiner Ablehnung des Cepi-Gerates in erster Linie auf Arbeiten von Schumann ( l l ) , soweit es dieses Gerat angeht, und ist damit in Ubereinstimmung mit der spateren Arbeit von Eliassen, Skrinde und Davis (12 Mkller und Marschner folgern, dai3 ihre Ergebnisse beziiglich der Modifikation den Feststellungen Ryhachs widersprechen und bezurlich der Korngrofie und Gefaflwandhaftung mit den Angaben Friedels und der Firmenschrift fur die Cepi-Gerate nicht ubereinstimmen.…”

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Magnetische und Strahlungs‐Geräte zur Wasserbehandlung und zum Korrosionsschutz bei Warmwasserbereitern

Schulte-Bockholt¹

1969

Materials & Corrosion

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Auf dem Markt befindliche Geräte, die nach physikalischen Verfahren praktisch jedes Wasser, z. B. für Warmwasserboiler, geeignet machen sollen, werden aufgrund neuerer Untersuchungsergebnisse kritisch betrachtet. Es zeigt sich, daß bei definierten Versuchsbedingungen die von den Herstellern beanspruchten Erfolge in keinem Falle erreicht werden können. Behauptungen über gute Betriebserfahrungen dürften weitgehend auf spezielle Voraussetzungen zurückzuführen sein, meist in solchen Fällen, wo aufgrund der Betriebsverhältnisse oder der Wasserzusammensetzung auch normalerweise weder Bildung von Ablagerungen noch Korrosion auftreten würde.

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Experimental Performance of ‘Miracle’ Water Conditioners

Cited by 29 publications

References 7 publications

Evaporation Rate of Water as a Function of a Magnetic Field and Field Gradient

Evaporation Rate of Water as a Function of a Magnetic Field and Field Gradient

Fluctuating environmental conditions suggested by observations of conductivity changes in water after single electrode treatment∗∗

Magnetische und Strahlungs‐Geräte zur Wasserbehandlung und zum Korrosionsschutz bei Warmwasserbereitern

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