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You take copper(like a penny), Zinc (like a Nail). Then u stick them in a potato and touch either the negative or positive end to either one and it should power what ever you need to power.
you take a patato put a zink nail in it then put a penny in it put bolth leads on a light or something it will power it butyou might have to have a huge patato
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 15y agoThis is the original "battery" that Volta invented! You need: For the coin battery: about three copper-type coins ( the orange-brown ones) rubbed with sandpaper to give a clean shiny surface about three nickel - type coins (the white/silver ones),also sanded clean three pads of absorbant material (cloth? cotton wool? Volta used soft leather) an acid: vinegar will do, but you get better results from a strong acid like sulfuric or hydrochloric. Maybe the phosphoric acid in Coke will work - it nweeds to be investigated! strong elestic bands to hold it together For testing: a torch bulb for a 3 v torch, two short pieces of insulated wire, with bared ends (preferably soldered onto the contact points of the bulb) Method Arrange in a pile, in this order: copper coin/ absorbant pad/nickel coin/copper coin/absorbant pad/nickel coin...and keep repeating until you run out of coins. There must be a copper coin on one end and a nickel one on the other or it will not work. Hold the pile together with elastic bands around it. (one "cell" is the copper, absorbant pad, nickel:each cell gives out about 1 volt, so the more cells you have, the higher the voltage) Activate your battery:Soak the pile of coins in your acid (or vinegar). Attach a wire from the copper end to one bulb contact, and one from the nickel end to the other bulb contact... and eureka! Language note: "batteries" are still called "pilas" in Italian and Spanish; in English, battery means a line of several identical objects - like cannon on a castle wall. Science note: the symbol for a battery shows a line of long thin lines/short fat line/long thin line... these are your coins!
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∙ 11y agoIt has something to do with positive ion and negative ion
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∙ 9y agoAfter usage of a disposable battery you should always dispose of it. Never leave laying around and never try to recharge.
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∙ 9y agoEnergy can flow through both copper and nickel. The electrical current can easily pass from the positive to the negative side of the coin.
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