• Question: why does battery acid make power

    Asked by call to Aimee, Gemma, Hussain, Robert, Ross on 17 Nov 2015.
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      Robert Lees answered on 17 Nov 2015:

      Batteries work by flow of ions and electrons between two different materials, the battery acid is a type of ‘electrolyte’ – a substance that aids in the passing of ions and electrons between the two materials. It is quite complicated, but you will learn about this in chemistry at some point in the future, I’m sure!

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