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Refined aluminum is in quite a high-energy state. Chemically you could extract energy or make electricity from aluminum. It's used in some types of military ex
by eloff 6y ago
Refined aluminum is in quite a high-energy state. Chemically you could extract energy or make electricity from aluminum.
It's used in some types of military explosives. Because the refining takes so much electricity, some well-meaning people suggest running it at times of low demand to balance the grid. But refining is capital intensive so you don't want to turn it off or you miss out on the returns from the investment, and the process runs at high temperatures and can't just be turned on and off (in fact if that happens unintentionally it makes a big mess!)
I agree with what you're saying though.
- notum 6y agoYou're right. If we further expand the idea we can extract energy from anything flammable or otherwise reactant. I'll refrain from calling my dog a battery though. Now excuse me while I go feed little Duracell. Good girl!
- latexr 6y ago> we can extract energy from anything flammable or otherwise reactant. You don’t need that either. Stacking concrete blocks can work as a battery: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmrwdTGZxGk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmrwdTGZxGk
- eloff 6y agoThere are aluminum batteries you know. There are practical reasons they're not in wide use, but they have incredible energy density, one of the highest of any battery.
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