[Terrapreta] Fwd: Puzzle

[folke Günther]

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From: folke Günther <folkeg at gmail.com>
Date: 2008/6/16
Subject: Re: [Terrapreta] Puzzle
To: Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net>


*Since char is a hydrophobic substance (at least, it is not hydrophilic),
you can not expect water to get into the fine pores. If you wait for some
time (years), the lump may have broken up and taken up water, but to my
experience, it is not necessary to wait.
FG
*
2008/6/16 Greg and April <gregandapril at earthlink.net>:

 If density is a measure of volume vs. mass, but all the pores are open to
> water infill, would not the true density be closer to that of water, if they
> were indeed filled with water?
>
> Greg H.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>  *From:* folke Günther <folkeg at gmail.com>
> *To:* MFH <mfh01 at bigpond.net.au>
> *Cc:* Terra Preta <terrapreta at bioenergylists.org>
> *Sent:* Sunday, June 15, 2008 15:59
> *Subject:* Re: [Terrapreta] Puzzle
>
> *Char has a density of around 0.17. Don't expect to make it sink. It will
> adsorb a lot of things anyhow. When you put it in soil, it will work both as
> an adsorbent an as a home for fungi and micro-organisms.
> If you want to e sure that all liquid passes as much as possible of the
> char;
> *
>
>    1. *fill the char in a bag of cloth (nylon? for washability) of about
>    the same volume of a plastic bucket with a lid.
>    *
>    2. *In the lid, you make a hole, about 5 cm.
>    *
>    3. *Through the hole you run the open end of the bag and
>    *
>    4. *tie it onto a simple funnel that you get by cutting off the end of
>    a PET bottle*
>    5. *fill your pee into the bucket through the funnel*
>
> *Then, you can be sure that all the pee will pass through the char, and
> ultimately collect in the bucket. When the bucket is full enough, you take
> up the bag, filled with 'charged' charcoal and put the remaining liquid on
> the compost or any other appropriate place.
>
> FG*
>
>


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