
Batteries
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Alkaline Batteries Deliver More Power Than Double a Batteries
The move from the sort of double A, CD type batteries that were common like 30 years ago to so-called alkaline batteries was prompted in many ways by more power hungry devices. And does that evolve each year? Does that chemistry improve? It evolves, I wouldn't say necessarily each year. So this morning Peter set up an experiment in school with a brilliant bunch of year sevens. We're testing three types of batteries. There's an own brand pair, there's a Duracell optimum pair and then there's a lithium pair from Energizer. Tell me how they could differ from each other.
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