Portable Power - Batteries and their Chemistry

Chemistry in Everyday Life by Johannes Vogel

Feb 28, 202100:17:11Science & Medicine

Batteries are ubiquitous in daily life and I took them for granted for such a long time that I felt obliged to write an episode about them. Especially since they work thanks to a very basic concept called Redox Reactions...

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