[TowerTalk] Hazards of low soil conductivity

[Bob Matthews]

Does this have anything to do with the Cation Exchange Capacity, CEC? This is a soil’s ability to hold nutrients in place until they can be used by the microbes. 

The Higher the CEC, the higher the number. 
Sand is extremely low, but Montmomorillnite 
Clay can be quite high. 
Bob

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> On Jan 9, 2022, at 15:28, David Gilbert <ab7echo at gmail.com> wrote:
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> That sounds like an urban legend.  A Google search for "Congo fatal static charge" comes up with not a single reference.  The physics of the idea doesn't make sense to me either.
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> Dave   AB7E
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>> On 1/9/2022 12:44 PM, lstoskopf at cox.net wrote:
>> We've seen talks of measuring soil conductivity on this and the LF lists.  There is a guy in my church who does a lot of mission work in Africa and runs a small ag mfg business.  Also a company building soil measurements for basically ag use:  Veris Technology.  A quick chat today:
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>> Supposedly in some parts of the Congo have highly non-conductive soils, hot dry weather, etc.  Can build up major charges at times that people walking across the rocks occasionally get fatal discharges.  Pretty hostile places.
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