Laboratory studies on magnetic water treatment and their relationship to a possible mechanism for scale reduction

Desalination

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 131-148

  Busch, Kenneth W ^a   Busch, Marianna A ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic water treatment; Magnetohydrodynamics; Scale prevention

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; COLLOIDS; CORROSION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC SCALES; MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; TURBULENCE;

ANTI SCALING EFFECT; MAGNETIC WATER TREATMENT; SCALE PREVENTION;

WATER TREATMENT;

MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS; SCALING; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 0031147972     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(97)00059-3     Document Type: Article

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