Welina mai i kā mākou pūnaewele. He nui nā mea kūʻai e hopohopo e pili ana i ke kuleana o mākou no ka papahana hoʻopihapiha huahana, no ka mea me ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻoihana ʻoihana, hiki ke pale ʻia ka mīkini mai ka makū a me ka ʻōpala i ka wā o ka lawe ʻana. I mea e pale aku ai i nā pōʻino i ka wā o ka lawe ʻana, e hoʻopaʻa paʻa mākou i ka mīkini i hoʻoponopono hou ʻia e pale aku i ke komo ʻana o ke kai a me ka mahu wai, i mea e pale ai i ke degere hou o ka mīkini. ʻO ke kumu nui o ka ʻōpala o nā lako kai ʻo ka electrochemical corrosion. Nui nā electrolytes i loko o ka wai kai, a aia ka hao a me ke kalapona i loko o ke kila, ʻo ia ke ʻano o ka pākaukau mua. ʻO ka hao ka electrode maikaʻi ʻole, e nalowale ana i nā electrons a ua oxidized, ʻo ia hoʻi, corroded. ʻO ka mea nui ma muli o nā hemahema microscopic o ka uhi ʻana ma ka ʻili o nā mea hana a me ka ʻole o ka ʻili o nā ʻāpana matrix, corrosive media a i ʻole ka wai e komo i ka ʻili o nā ʻāpana kila ma o ka kiʻi pena kiʻiʻoniʻoni, e alakaʻi ai i ka corrosion. a me ka pala. ʻOiai ʻaʻohe pili pololei me ka wai kai, maʻalahi loa ka ea i loko o ka wai kai e hoʻopōʻino i ke kila kalapona maʻamau.