• deranger
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    4 hours ago

    It’s the difference in electronegativity that makes the battery. That’s why you see lithium and oxygen a lot; lithium doesn’t want electrons, oxygen does want them. Sodium and potassium are very close in electronegativity so the salty banana battery wouldn’t be good.

    I’m waiting for the cesium / fluorine battery, should theoretically be awesome. Or extremely explosive

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      3 hours ago

      -I’m waiting for the cesium / fluorine battery, should theoretically be awesome. Or extremely explosive

      I wonder how much it would cost to personally attempt this experiment… (starts hunting for renters insurance)