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A device for treating fluids with magnetic lines of force includes an electrically isolated non-magnetic, metallic conduit through which the fluid passes. An electromagnetic coil surrounds the conduit and is electrically insulated from the conduit. The coil is clad with a magnetic housing or shunt,

A device for treating fluids with magnetic lines of force includes an electrically isolated non-magnetic, metallic conduit through which the fluid passes. An electromagnetic coil surrounds the conduit and is electrically insulated from the conduit. The coil is clad with a magnetic housing or shunt, and fins surrounding the coil dissipate heat generated by the coil. A core consisting of a single cylindrical magnetic section or a series of endwise connected alternating short sections of magnetic and nonmagnetic material is disposed within the conduit along the conduit\s axis at a location which is offset downstream from the coil. A helical baffle located between the conduit and the core, or, alternately, a driven impeller, provides circular flow for the fluid so that the fluid crosses the lines of magnetic force extending between the ends of the core and the metallic shunt in a 90°relationship therewith. The baffle does not extend over the coil, and the conduit is provided with its own independent ground. Also, iron salts are added to the fluid prior to reaching the core to enhance the prevention of scale.

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A method of treating a fluid with magnetic lines of force, comprising the steps of: passing a fluid to be treated through a magnetic force field such that the fluid moves through the magnetic force field in a direction having a vector component at about a 90°relationship thereto by means of convolut

A method of treating a fluid with magnetic lines of force, comprising the steps of: passing a fluid to be treated through a magnetic force field such that the fluid moves through the magnetic force field in a direction having a vector component at about a 90°relationship thereto by means of convoluting the flow of the fluid with baffle means located completely upstream from said magnetic force field; and introducing ferrous ions from an auxiliary source of ferrous ions into said fluid at a location prior to the fluid passing through the magnetic force field.