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[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It’s the difference in electronegativity that makes the battery. That’s why you see lithium and oxygen a lot; lithium doesn’t want electrons, oxygen does want them. Sodium and potassium are very close in electronegativity so the salty banana battery wouldn’t be good.

I’m waiting for the cesium / fluorine battery, should theoretically be awesome. Or extremely explosive

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

That's a much more serious and informative answer than I deserved.

Thank you for the explanation.

[-] deranger@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Gotta put my chemistry education to good use somehow, certainly not using it in the IT career I ended up getting in.

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