Apologies if this is in the wrong area and if this is a little too close to pseudo science, but I have spent a long time looking at how so called 'electronic water scale reducers' are supposed to work.
OK. This isn't too much of a problem. If you want to look into the problem, we're glad to help. Breathless testifying "I dont KNOW how IT WORK. BUT it WORKS!!!!111!!!" would be a problem. But you're not there at this point.
I found some papers on Google Scholar, many by Young.I.Cho, Drexel University, that claim to prove a mechanism by which the formation of Calcium Carbonate crystals can be modified by application of a pulsed magnetic field from a coil around a pipe.
Well that's good. Here's some questions:
" prove a mechanism "
How do they do that? Proving a mechanism would be a difficult thing without a deep treatment of physical chemistry, is that what happens in that paper?
"the formation of Calcium Carbonate crystals can be modified "
OK, modified how? The purpose of these devices is to prevent all crystallization in the pipes. Do they define that as "modification" or do they mean another change in the crystallization. If the latter, are we sure that doesn't happen by another mechanism.
"application of a pulsed magnetic field from a coil around a pipe"
Could this be done on a clear plastic pipe and be observed experimentally?
I spent a while looking at other papers and found some to be contradictory.
What do they say? Why are they different.
Is there any hard evidence that limescale formation can be controlled, modified or reduced in any way by a weak electromagnetic field? If so does anyone know the mechanism by which this is supposed to happen?
You seem to have some. The difficult physical chemistry isn't need, just yet. Anyone can read and try to see what's being asked, and with a critical eye, see if the evidence supports the conclusions.
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