Salt & A Battery
Is there anything cool that you can do with salt and a battery?
Because "Salt & A Battery" would be a really cool title for a blog post describing said unsaid thing.
Particularly if that thing resulted in injury.
I'm just sayin'.
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posted by caparoon @ 12:19 PM
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Knowing the internet, I'm sure there is some fetish out there that focuses on salt and batteries. I didn't investigate, there are things even I don't know want to see.
I am not a chemistry guy by any means whatsoever, but I do know salt has some interesting electrical properties. We made a battery out of lead and a certain kind of salt (for example: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tricklife.com%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D1094&ei=N9vXR_LoEYGuigHl-YyGAg&usg=AFQjCNH5QJB1KyOs2BhV7MkcvtVmGptIdA&sig2=vfYAw9u4LjCRKyO5wrXLfQ, http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=3&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.exo.net%2F~pauld%2Factivities%2FAlAirBattery%2Falairbattery.html&ei=N9vXR_LoEYGuigHl-YyGAg&usg=AFQjCNGnYl-4Pei1IKqscCOQsnAQgyUwwA&sig2=Gt8Gbtg5I9x9xSXqTNwNlQ, http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=5&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.miniscience.com%2Fprojects%2Fairbattery%2F&ei=N9vXR_LoEYGuigHl-YyGAg&usg=AFQjCNHfulZCjpoi9MFrHGNzG30TqjyUqg&sig2=yk8Gfu7wC_7_2PR47d2LiQ). Since a battery is essentially a capacitor that stores electrical potential, most cases involving injury would not be possible with a standard salt-water battery; maybe if you had many in a serial line (electrical potential increases linearly for each battery appended end to end). However, I do have first hand experience plugging said things into wall outlets, which can be quite fascinating. I highly recommend you recruit a volunteer to do the plugging, or use non-conductive gloves. And perhaps goggles. And maybe tie your hair back.
Now *that's* what I'm talkin' 'bout!
Since we are talking about possible injury, I just read that death row inmates Raplh Baze and Thomas Clyde Bowling Jr. filed a case that alleges the current method of implementing death (lethal injection) is cruel and inhumane. Hmm.... these are convicted murderers. I must assume that the method with which they used to deliver the bad news to their victims involved a much more gracious and gentler vehicle than drugs. Right?
What would happen if, once sentenced, you were taken out back and shot? What would happen to our system? Curious....
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