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Chemistry / Re: Is a potato used as a battery still edible?
« on: 10/04/2013 19:39:32 »
@Bored Chemist
I always assumed that there was something in the potato itself that gets used up like with a chemical battery. Would you please elaborate on your point about coal?
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The energy used to run the clock doesn't came from the potato. It comes from the coal used to smelt the zinc from its ore.
I always assumed that there was something in the potato itself that gets used up like with a chemical battery. Would you please elaborate on your point about coal?