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Vegetables and Fruit Battery
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scienceguy67
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Vegetables and Fruit Battery
What causes fruits and vegetables to power a battery.
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calixte
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Re: Vegetables and Fruit Battery
Hi!
Fruits and vegetables can “power” a battery because they’re wet and full of ions (salts/acids), so they work like an electrolyte (a liquid that lets charges move).
When you stick two different metals in (like zinc and copper), a chemical reaction happens at the metals. That reaction pushes electrons through the wire, which makes electricity. The fruit/veggie mostly helps by letting ions move inside to complete the circuit.
Fruits and vegetables can “power” a battery because they’re wet and full of ions (salts/acids), so they work like an electrolyte (a liquid that lets charges move).
When you stick two different metals in (like zinc and copper), a chemical reaction happens at the metals. That reaction pushes electrons through the wire, which makes electricity. The fruit/veggie mostly helps by letting ions move inside to complete the circuit.