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Magnetic Water Conditioning - The Science

Hard Water
Water hardness refers to the amount of minerals, particularly calcium carbonate, dissolved in the water.  When hardened  water becomes over saturated with minerals, is heated, agitated, or is subjected to decreased pressure, the dissolved minerals precipitate out  and attach to our plumbing and hot water appliances. 

Hard water minerals can precipitate out of solution anywhere in your plumbing system. However, heating hard water or decreasing the pressure the water is under, is responsible for most of the damage caused to hot water heaters and other appliances as well as the unsightly scale seen on taps, sinks, toilet bowls and shower heads & screens.

Why water is hard
Rain water is naturally soft. However, rain water subjected to acidic conditions and contact with limestone rock will be the hardest.   Water first forms when water vapour in the air interacts with particulate matter to form raindrops. As rain falls, it absorbs carbon dioxide and other materials, some of which cause the water to form a slightly acidic pH. This primes the water droplet with an extra measure of solvency.

The solvency characteristics of rain water are further enhanced when the water interacts with polluted air creating acid rain. The more acidity the water is subjected to the lower the water's pH.  Water with a pH below 6.8 is considered acidic. 

When water flows through and over areas consisting chiefly of calcareous and other limestone based rocks, these calcium and magnesium carbonate surfaces, which normally would not dissolve in water, are affected by the acidic water that is looking for a buffering agent to counter its acidic condition. 

The flowing, acidic water will dissolve and absorb the calcium carbonate until the water's pH returns to a more stable acid/ base balance. Thus, surface salts which normally would not find their way into our water, are trapped and carried as unwilling passengers in the form of calcium bi-carbonate.

The minerals are carried in the water within protective complexes that keep the minerals separated from other dissolved minerals and micro contaminants that are also contained in the water. As the water continues to flow to its final resting point, it dissolves additional minerals but at a decreasing rate.

This is because the dissolved minerals cause the pH and surface tension of the water to increase thus decreasing the water's ability to dissolve additional material. 

The hardness of water flowing into your house or business depends on the extent of its exposure to surface and sub-surface rocks and limestone structures and the extent to which it was subjected to acidic influences.

About 60% of homes are plagued with problematic water hardness.

Lime scale
Minerals dissolved in the water, primarily bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium, remain within their host complexes under normal conditions. The dissolved particles flow evenly within the water having no particular tendency to bind together or lose their solubility.

However, when the mineral content of the water becomes over saturated, is heated, or placed under decreased pressure (as it does, for example, when the water exits the pipe and flows into your taps, toilets and showers), the water releases gases such as carbon dioxide that increases the water's pH and allows mineral complexes to become agitated, break up and the minerals to clump into larger masses. 

The clumping effect makes it more difficult for the minerals to remain soluble and the crystallised mineral precipitates out of solution and attaches to any available nucleation centre, typically your plumbing walls and fixtures.

What magnetic conditioning does
Magnetic water conditioning is simply the attachment of powerful magnetic devices to the water pipes of your home or business. 

Magnets can be used to treat domestic water supplies as well as commercial and industrial applications. The process involves installing the magnetic system onto the water pipe where it comes into your property.

The magnets surrounding the water pipe create a magnetic force field that interacts with charged molecules in the water that surround suspended colloidal particles such as calcium, magnesium and silica.

As a result of this interaction, natural repulsion tendencies of these disbursed colloids are disturbed preventing scale-producing minerals from precipitating out to form scale in your plumbing and, over time, existing scale in the system is eliminated.

for the reduction of lime scale

for energy efficiency

for financial savings

for health

easily fitted, no pipes to cut