how does a batteries work?

Question

what is its contents?

Answer 1

Batteries are all over the place -- in our cars, our PCs, laptops, portable MP3 players and cell phones. A battery is essentially a can full of chemicals that produce electrons. Chemical reactions that produce electrons are called electrochemical reactions. In this article, you'll learn all about batteries -- the basic concept at work, the actual chemistry going on inside a battery, rechargeable versions, what the future holds for batteries and possible power sources that could replace them.

9-volt battery
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A 9-volt battery
If you look at any battery, you'll notice that it has two terminals. One terminal is marked (+), or positive, while the other is marked (-), or negative. In an AA, C or D cell (normal flashlight batteries), the ends of the battery are the terminals. In a large car battery, there are two heavy lead posts that act as the terminals.

Electrons collect on the negative terminal of the battery. If you connect a wire between the negative and positive terminals, the electrons will flow from the negative to the positive terminal as fast as they can (and wear out the battery very quickly -- this also tends to be dangerous, especially with large batteries, so it is not something you want to be doing). Normally, you connect some type of load to the battery using the wire. The load might be something like a light bulb, a motor or an electronic circuit like a radio.

Inside the battery itself, a chemical reaction produces the electrons. The speed of electron production by this chemical reaction (the battery's internal resistance) controls how many electrons can flow between the terminals. Electrons flow from the battery into a wire, and must travel from the negative to the positive terminal for the chemical reaction to take place. That is why a battery can sit on a shelf for a year and still have plenty of power -- unless electrons are flowing from the negative to the positive terminal, the chemical reaction does not take place. Once you connect a wire, the reaction starts. The ability to harness this sort of reaction started with the voltaic pile.

basic configuration
Next, we'll check out how a voltaic pile works and look at other types of batteries.

Answer 2

There are many different kinds of batteries. But they all work on the same principle. There are 2 items, one with a surplus of electrons, the other with a shortage. In a carbon zinc battery the carbon is the positive terminal, the zinc is the negative one and it also acts as the container. Between the carbon and the zinc are some chemicals to make the process easier such as salts of salmiac.

Answer 3

They work like cells. Were you not taught this at your kindergarten?

Answer 4

i don't know, but i think with the electricity

Answer 5

http://www.grc.nasa.gov/WWW/Electrochemistry/doc/battery.html

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