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(Rechargeable) Batteries & You
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English - July 02, 2021 04:00 - 18 minutes - 26.4 MBTechnology Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
(Season 3) Episode 22
Batteries- love 'em or hate 'em, they're ubiqutious in our mobile-technology world. Is the battery in your phone the same kind that is in your car? Why do things get so hot when you charge them? How can a battery be powered by acid?? Answers to that and more, in the actual episode ;p
As always, sources are available on our website.
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Batteries- love ’em or hate ’em, they’re ubiquitous in our mobile-technology world. Is the battery in your phone the same kind that is in your car? Why do things get so hot when you charge them? How can a battery be powered by acid?? Answers to that and more, in the actual episode.
Sources:
How (Rechargeable) Batteries Work:
HowStuffWorks.com, Updated: 11 February 2021, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “How Batteries Work”Panasonic-eneloop.eu, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “How do (rechargeable) batteries work?”
Nickel-Based Batteries:
BatteryUniversity.com, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “BU-203: Nickel-based Batteries”
Lithium-Ion & Polymer:
Android Authority, 8 May 2021, “Lithium-ion vs lithium-polymer: What’s the difference?“BellTestChamber.com, 8 July 2020, “Why does the lithium ion battery explode?”How-To Geek, Updated: 16 January 2018, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “Why Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Explode?“BatteryUniversity.com, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “Is Lithium-ion the Ideal Battery?”BatteryUniversity.com, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “BU-410: Charging at High and Low Temperatures”Clean Energy Institute – University of Washington, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “What is a lithium-ion battery and how does it work?”Dfrsolutions.com, 24 May 2018, “Why Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Swell?”US Department of the Interior, 2012, “Lithium Use in Batteries” (PDF)
Lead-Acid Battery:
Nationalmaglab.org, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “Plante Battery – 1859”BatteryUniversity.com, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “BU-201: How does the Lead Acid Battery Work?”AltEnergy.org, Accessed: 9 June 2021, “Introduction to Lead-Acid Batteries”
Supercapacitors:
The Verge, 17 August 2018, “Supercapacitors power the Note 9 stylus — but are they ready to replace batteries?“Gizmodo, 2 September 2015, “A Supercapacitor Stylus Is The Best Thing About Lenovo’s New Laptops“
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Opening Music: Another World by BETTOGH