Battery Basics
Why Some Fruit and Veg Conduct Electricity
That old fruit battery experiment comes around each year, as regular as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and…
I tripped over a shrinking bank balance and fell into the writing gig unintentionally. This was after I escaped the corporate world and searched in vain for ways to become rich on the internet by doing nothing. Despite the fact that writing is no recipe for wealth, I rather enjoy it. I will not deny I am obsessed with it when I have the time. I live in Margate on the Kwazulu-Natal south coast of South Africa. I work from home where I ponder on the future of the planet, and what lies beyond in the great hereafter. Sometimes I step out of my computer into the silent riverine forests, and empty golden beaches for which the area is renowned. Richard
Battery Basics
That old fruit battery experiment comes around each year, as regular as Thanksgiving, Christmas, and…
Battery Basics
On first sight the electrolyte plays a secondary role in a storage battery. However, when…
Battery Basics
We spoke about electrode potential in a previous post, and the need to balance it…
Battery Basics
We established in a previous post how electrons travel between electrodes in a battery to…
Battery Basics
A battery stores chemical energy, and converts it to electricity when a device draws it.…
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A magnetic field is a directional force attracting ferromagnetic materials such as iron. This may…
Battery Basics
Camille Alphonse Faure was a French chemical engineer who improved the performance of early lead…
Battery Basics
This may be your most intriguing battery read for some time. Our source is a…
Battery Basics
Planté’s choice of lead was an unexpected departure from a convention of using copper and…
Battery Basics
The Voltaic Pile was a great start, and was in a sense the first real…