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Battery prototype: Two sludge-like electrode materials are fed into the device shown here. The anode material flows into the top half, and the cathode flows into the bottom. Lithium ions pass from one material to the other, and electrons flow through the black and red leads. Credit: Yet-Ming Chiang

1 posted on 05/27/2011 11:33:14 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: sully777; vigl; Cagey; Abathar; A. Patriot; B Knotts; getsoutalive; muleskinner; sausageseller; ...

Liquid Car Battery Ping!...........


2 posted on 05/27/2011 11:34:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
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To: Red Badger
“Batteries with a higher energy density would be smaller and cheaper, ...”

By definition, higher energy density means a smaller battery — however, it does not necessarily mean cheaper. For instance, lithium batteries have higher energy density than lead-acid batteries — they are also much more expensive.

3 posted on 05/27/2011 11:38:40 AM PDT by USFRIENDINVICTORIA
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To: Red Badger

Them’s some damn big alligator clips (red and black) if that’s really a car battery....


9 posted on 05/27/2011 11:52:58 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Red Badger

“A startup hopes ...” to make a new kind of car battery?


15 posted on 05/27/2011 12:05:41 PM PDT by frithguild
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