Hi Meredith
your battery is an aluminium-hypochlorite battery, where the =
hypochlorite comes from the bleach. be aware you can get small amounts =
of chlorine from the carbon plates
for an overview of the electrochemistry see =
http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=3DADD019917&Location=3DU2&doc=3DG=
etTRDoc.pdf
Dale

  ----- Original Message -----=20
  From: meredith lamb=20
  To: psn-l@.................
  Sent: Thursday, November 13, 2008 7:47 AM
  Subject: A interesting home brew battery


  Hi all,

  I suppose its a little bit off of a seismometer topic; unless...you're =
a science experimenter or could=20
  even consider it a back up battery source for your seismometer =
amplifier....or just for pure fun=20
  confirmation or basic personal curiosity.

  http://seismometer.googlepages.com/makingahomebrewbattery

  It uses carbon graphite plate/s, un-coated aluminum plates, water, a =
little salt, and the key ingredient is...common
  liquid bleach (!).  The bleach more or less amplifies the current ~ =
10-13x; its a relatively strong oxidant.   My big
  shoebox size cell got up to ~ 1/8 ampere; which is considerably a lot =
more than other small web sourced home
  brew (1-2 mA ultra low current) batteries I've seen.  It could =
probably be more considered as a "reserve"
  type battery; unless one can do ~ frequent 2-3 day maintenance.  The =
web site above is like a log of experiments
  and comments over 4 days.  Its probably not really new so to =
speak....but....enjoy....

  Take care, Meredith





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Hi Meredith
your battery is an =
aluminium-hypochlorite battery,=20
where the hypochlorite comes from the bleach. be aware you can get small =
amounts=20
of chlorine from the carbon plates
for an overview of the electrochemistry =
see http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=3DADD0=
19917&Location=3DU2&doc=3DGetTRDoc.pdf
Dale
 

  
----- Original Message ----- 
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  meredith lamb 
  
To: psn-l@.............. 
  
Sent: Thursday, November 13, =
2008 7:47=20
  AM
  
Subject: A interesting home =
brew=20
  battery
  

Hi all,

I suppose its a little bit off of a =
seismometer=20
  topic; unless...you're a science experimenter or could 
even =
consider it a=20
  back up battery source for your seismometer amplifier....or just for =
pure fun=20
  
confirmation or basic personal curiosity.

http:/=
/seismometer.googlepages.com/makingahomebrewbattery

It=20
  uses carbon graphite plate/s, un-coated aluminum plates, water, a =
little salt,=20
  and the key ingredient is...common
liquid bleach (!).  The =
bleach more=20
  or less amplifies the current ~ 10-13x; its a relatively strong =
oxidant.=20
    My big
shoebox size cell got up to ~ 1/8 ampere; which is=20
  considerably a lot more than other small web sourced home
brew (1-2 =
mA=20
  ultra low current) batteries I've seen.  It could probably be =
more=20
  considered as a "reserve"
type battery; unless one can do ~ =
frequent 2-3=20
  day maintenance.  The web site above is like a log of =
experiments
and=20
  comments over 4 days.  Its probably not really new so to=20
  speak....but....enjoy....

Take care, Meredith



  

  


  

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