Simple Chemical Trick To Boost Battery Efficiency 149
space_mongoose writes "Hitachi thinks that a simple chemical additive could significantly improve battery life. Alkaline batteries have a positive electrode of manganese oxide and a negative electrode of finely powdered zinc, but zinc oxide forms around these grains of zinc. Hitachi's solution is to replace the zinc with a fine powder of zinc-aluminum alloy, displacing the zinc within the zinc oxide layer making it a much better conductor."
At least this is not (Score:5, Funny)
Re:At least this is not (Score:2, Funny)
jk:P
May I be the first to say (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Peak current, yes - Extra life, not so much-THI (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Peak current, yes - Extra life, not so much-THI (Score:5, Funny)
Currently, yes. They're all amped up, you'll be unable to resist them when they come out. Shocking charges, I know, but few have the capacity to induce or impede such a flow of power, watt?
Re:Peak current, yes - Extra life, not so much-THI (Score:3, Funny)