--- title: Principles of Corrosion | Magnation Blog description: Magnation manufactures eco-friendly physical water conditioning, correcting and balancing passive inline systems for hard water scale mitigation since 2008 image: https://blog.magnationwater.com/hubfs/corrosion_blog_ft_img-1.jpg --- [![Magnation Water Treatment](https://blog.magnationwater.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Magnation-Web-Logo.png?width=250&height=30&name=Magnation-Web-Logo.png "Magnation Water Treatment")](https://magnationwater.com/) - PRODUCT - MARKETS - [Agriculture](https://magnationwater.com/agriculture/) - [Turfgrass](https://magnationwater.com/turfgrass/) - [Commercial](https://magnationwater.com/commercial/) - [Industrial](https://magnationwater.com/industrial/) - [Residential](https://magnationwater.com/residential/) - [Wellness](https://magnationwater.com/wellness-2/) - SOLUTIONS - [Water Quality Improvement](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/water-quality-improvement/) - [Water Conservation](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/water-conservation/) - [Energy Conservation](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/energy-efficiency-2/) - [Pump Performance](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/pump-performance/) - [Better Flow and Pressure](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/solutions-better-flow-pressure/) - [Better Solubility and Mixing](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/better-solubility-and-mixing/) - [Boron Toxicity](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/boron-toxicity/) - [Spray Enhancement](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/spray-enhancements/) - [Mineral Scale & Corrosion](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/chemical-free-descaler/) - [Iron Bacteria](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/iron-bacteria/) - [Turbidity](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/turbidity/) - [PH & Alkalinity](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/ph-alkalinity-pure-water/) - [Off-gassing](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/off-gassing/) - [Soil Salinity](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/soil-salinity/) - [Soil Health & Plant Vigor](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/soil-plant-health/) - [Seed Treatment](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/seed-treatment-methods/) - [Algae and Eutrophication](https://magnationwater.com/solutions/algae-and-eutrophication/) - RESOURCES - [Data & Research](https://magnationwater.com/data-research) - [Case Studies](https://magnationwater.com/case-studies) - [Top Product Award](https://magnationwater.com/top-product-award/) - [Rave Reviews](https://magnationwater.com/rave-reviews/) - [Blog](https://blog.magnationwater.com/) - [Videos](https://blog.magnationwater.com/tag/videos) - [Articles](https://blog.magnationwater.com/tag/articles) - [Press Releases](https://blog.magnationwater.com/tag/press-releases) - [Press Inquiries](https://magnationwater.com/press-inquiries/) - [Installations](https://magnationwater.com/installations/) - [Technical Insights](https://magnationwater.com/technical-insights/) - [Tradeshows & Presentations](https://magnationwater.com/#) - [Education](https://magnationwater.com/education/) - [Earth-centric Resources](https://magnationwater.com/earthcentric-resources/) - [Public-centric Resources](https://magnationwater.com/publiccentric-resources/) - [Donate](https://magnationwater.com/donate/) - [Money Back Guarantee](https://magnationwater.com/money-back-guarantee/) - [Warranty](https://magnationwater.com/warranty/) - [Customer Service](https://magnationwater.com/support-contact/) - [Dealer Login](https://magnationwater.com/my-account/edit-account/) - ABOUT - [Rainlike Water Story](https://magnationwater.com/rainlike-water-story/) - [The Magnation Process](https://magnationwater.com/the-magnation-process/) - [Who We Are](https://magnationwater.com/about-2-2/) - CONTACT - [![](https://blog.magnationwater.com/hubfs/ico-contact-us.svg) Contact Us](https://magnationwater.com/contact/) ![search](https://blog.magnationwater.com/hubfs/search.png "search") × This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 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It is recognized as one of industry’s most difficult problems and the resulting losses each year are in the tens of billions of dollars. Metals are usually extracted from ores through the application of a considerable amount of energy. Certain environments offer opportunities for these metals to combine chemically with elements to form compounds and return to their lower energy levels. In other words, corrosion can be viewed as the tendency of a metal to revert back to its natural and more stable state as an ore. Corrosion of a buried metal is greatly influenced by the soil in which it is buried. The major soil conditions which affect corrosion and must be considered are type, drainage, resistivity, acidity, and particle size. The ditch backfill environment is a man made disturbance of the natural environment and can adversely affect these soil conditions. TYPE Soil may consist of sand. loam. clay. mulch. or a combination of any or all of these. The most corrosive is mulch; the least. sand. DRAINAGE Soils with the poorest drainage are the most corrosive while well drained soils are the least corrosive. The exception to this is a soil which contains cinders. Cinder fills are well drained but any moisture present makes it a very corrosive environment. RESISTIVITY Low resistivity soils are corrosive and high resistivity soils are the least corrosive. as a rule. However. acidity and oxygen concentration can alter this. ACIDITY (PH) A neutral soil (PH-7.0) is least corrosive. A soil with a PH of 3.0 would be very acidic and corrosive. Alkaline soils (PH above 7.0) contain dissolved salts which can accelerate corrosion. This is especially true in desert soils. PARTICLE SIZE Large soil particles can allow oxygen to penetrate to the buried metal product. 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