Behaviour of RC Beam Using Concrete Mixed With Magnetically Treated Water

The most important challenge for concrete construction is to improve the performance of concrete. In the last two decades, in Russia and China, a new technology, called magnetic water technology, has been used in making concrete. As per this technology, by passing water through a magnetic field, some of its physical properties tend to change and, as a result of such changes, the number of molecules in the water cluster decreases from 13 to 5 or 6, which cause a decrease in the surface tension of water, with an improvement in the workability and strength of concrete. Magnetic treatment of water increases the ion solubility and pH. The influence of magnetic flux changes the mode of calcium carbonate precipitation such that circular disc-shaped particles are formed rather than the dendritic (branching or tree like) particles observed in non-treated water. This technique is mostly used for the softening of water and, for the first time in this research, it has been adopted by the scientists for the production of concrete with improved strength. Some researchers hypothesize that magnetic treatment affects the nature of hydrogen bonds between water molecules which increases the pH and softens the water.