From: jimmy@fireflare (Jimmy Mosquera)
Subject: Re: help - how to construct home-built battery for 3rd grade sci report
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In article <C5GE69.Lo0@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) writes:
>Almost any two dissimilar metals in almost any electrically conductive
>liquid.
>
>Example: Copper and zinc in Coca-Cola...
>
>copper and galvanized steel nails in a lemon...
>
>Don't expect much power out, but it should be easily detectable
>with a voltmeter.
>
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A copper and a zinc rod in a potato also work nice.


