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Batteries convert chemical energy into electricity. Batteries are made up of one or more separate sections, or cells, containing a chemical called an electrolyte. Each cell has two electrically conductive electrodes immersed into its electr...
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_does_a_battery_work
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Electricity, as you probably already know, is the flow of electrons through a conductive path like a wire. This path is called a circuit Batteries have three parts, an anode (-), a cathode (+), and the electrolyte. The cathode and anode (th...
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Batteries are all over the place -- in our cars, our PCs, laptops, portable MP3 players and cell phones. A battery is essentially a can full of chemicals that produce electrons. Chemical reactions that produce electrons are called electro...
http://www.howstuffworks.com/battery.htm
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Provides a detailed description of how different sizes and types of alkaline batteries work. ... Energizer provides this information about how alkaline batteries work to give insight into the power behind today’s mobile lifestyle. Think of a battery as a little chemical reaction power plant – various kinds of...
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www.energizer.com/learning-center/Pages/how-batteries-w...
www.energizer.com/learning-center/Pages/how-batteries-work.aspx
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Batteries store energy in the chemicals inside of them. When a device like a flashlight is turned on metal touches the positive and the negative side of the battery, which closes the circut and the energy is released. There are different ty...
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Obviously, this arrangement does not work very well in a flashlight, but it works fine for stationary applications ... How Batteries Work ... Introduction to How Batteries Work...
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www.howstuffworks.com/battery1.htm
www.howstuffworks.com/battery1.htm
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HOW DO BATTERIES WORK? ... When he attached a wire to the top and bottom discs (which must be different metals for it to work) he measured a voltage and a current. He found that the pile could be stacked as high as he liked, and that each additional layer increased the voltage by a fixed amount, depending on the metals he used.
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www.open2.net/science/roughscience/library/batteries.ht...
www.open2.net/science/roughscience/library/batteries.htm
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How batteries work and different types of batterries. ... One of the first space batteries was the Silver-Zinc battery, which dominated the industry in the 60's. This is a premium system with very high specific power and energy, but is quite expensive due to the use of silver.
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inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbattery1.htm
inventors.about.com/library/inventors/blbattery1.htm
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