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How to make a Penny Battery

How to Make a Penny Battery

In a previous article, I showed you how to make a battery out of a potato.  What we learned is that the potato doesn’t make the electricity, but rather a chemical reaction between the copper and zinc do, and all they need is an electrolyte between them.  In this tutorial we’re going to learn how […]

How to make a Potato Battery

making a potato battery

Making a potato battery is a great learning exercise that everyone getting into electronics should investigate! A potato battery is one of the first science experiments most school children do. It’s a great way to explain how batteries work and how the fundamentals of batteries and electrolytes work with electrodes in the creation of electricity. […]