Batteries: Explained.

 

Can you imagine a world where all electrical appliances have to be plugged in? Flashlights, cellphones, and toys would be tethered to electrical outlets, making them clumsy, and inconvenient?

Batteries:

            Batteries provide portable and convenient sources of energy for powering devices without wires or cables. A dry cell is a common type of battery, used today. It basically converts stored chemical energy into electrical energy.

Basic structure:

In the most basic terms, a battery cell is made up of three components:

·         An anode

·         A cathode

·         The electrolyte

Working of a Battery:

In the dry cell, zinc is the anode. The graphite core is the cathode, and ammonium chloride paste acts as an electrolyte. Due to a chemical reaction within the battery, the anode builds up an excess of electrons. This causes an electrical difference between the anode and the cathode. The electrons want to rearrange themselves and displace the extra electrons in the cathode. However, the electrolyte ensures that the electrons cannot travel directly to the cathode.

When the circuit is closed with the help of a conductive path between the anode and cathode, the electrons can travel to the cat holder. This in turn provides power to any appliance placed along the way over time. This electrochemical process alters the chemical makeup. In the anode, and cathode, and eventually, they stop providing electrons.

This is how a battery dies. Batteries provide us with a mobile source of power that makes many model conveniences possible.

 

 

This is how a battery works.

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