Sentences with phrase «as battery acid»

But the pH remains between 0 and 2 — approximately the same level of acidity as battery acid.

Not exact matches

As for endurance, Alvin's lead - acid batteries will be replaced with lithium - ion batteries allowing up to 12 hours of operation.

In fact, the Blacksmith Institute, an environmental health group based in New York City, named lead — acid battery recycling as one of the worst environmental problems in the world in October.

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Dan Li, a materials engineer at Monash University in Australia, reports in the journal Science that he and his team have developed a graphene - based super-capacitor that is compact, and can be recharged quickly, but can last as long as a conventional lead - acid battery.

Of course, all that could change quickly — as happened at the turn of the 20th century, when the quiet, reliable electric car, powered by primitive lead - acid batteries, seemed destined to sweep the market.

«A chemical burn should develop immediately, as it does if you spill battery acid on your hand,» said Dr. Spechler, who holds the Berta M. & Cecil O. Patterson Chair in Gastroenterology.

This emphasis on economy was a theme that would recur in his work on the powerful nitric acid battery that he developed a year later — and which led to his aforementioned appointment as professor, and fellowship of the Royal Society — as well as in his work on the gas battery.

Traditional lead - acid batteries (like the one that starts your car) produce energy for as little as one - tenth the cost of lithium batteries, but they wear out more quickly and are heavy.

Used as a drain cleaner and in lead - acid car batteries, the liquid is able to burn tissues and eat through metals and even rock.

Such concerns become moot once the picture passes a certain point, however, as Death Wish transforms into just the sort of unapologetically ruthless and violent thriller that rarely gets made nowadays (ie its very existence is a delightful novelty)- with the movie's second half boasting a series of gleefully over-the-top instances of R - rated mayhem (including an awesomely cringeworthy torture sequence involving a scalpel and battery acid).

Zinc - air offers four times as much power per pound as a lead - acid batteries, but must be recharged by removing the zinc and having it reprocessed.

Regardless while you're taking everything apart since you'll be disconnecting the battery anyways might as well check the water / acid level, top it off and give it a solid charge so it's good to go when you get it all put back together.

I didn't bother looking at my care when I drove away but the next morn... ing when I went to my garage my car was «splashed» with acid on side panel where battery is as well as wind shield and wind shield wipers.

Along with the main battery, there's a smaller additional 12 - volt lead - acid battery that sends power to the Nissan Leaf's on - board computer systems and accessories such as the stereo system, headlights, and windshield wipers.

The 100 KW fast charge, which means that as soon as CCS is available at those speeds the Hyundai Electric is good to go (I suspect the 200 mile AER version will have 150 KW charge capability) and the elimination of the lead acid 12 volt battery.]

With weight being a key feature in modern performance cars, Mercedes went as far as using a lithium ion battery in place of the old lead - acid battery.

My guess would be that's something like the current price for doing all the needed load balancing with contemporary lead - acid battery storage, counting ramping up the lead industry to satisfy the sourcing and management of that much lead and sulfuric acid — in other words, it's somebody saying «it would cost the Earth * to do that» as an argument that there will be no progress in energy storage, so it'd be a waste to build more renewables.

Why do I have to wait until perfectionists at EPA and elsewhere get their dream car with horrendously expensive and exotic energy storage systems (read as «patented, w / rich royalties») when I could be quite content with highly recyclable lead - acid batteries, unsexy and boring as they are?

Chosen due to their superior charge capacity as well as longevity, the batteries themselves are far superior to the lead - acid variety (well over 100,000 miles — a four to one advantage).

Lighter and packing more energy than conventional lead - acid batteries, these cobalt - rich batteries are seen as «green.»

Earlier versions of electric cars (such as the ill - fated EV1) used lead - acid batteries.

There are non zero probabilities that by 2030 we might have some or all of (i) thin film solar cells with 40 % efficiency installed for $ 1 / watt, (ii) «batteries» with at least five times the capacity of lead acid and one fifth of the weight, (iii) boring old solar thermal plants with no drama plugging away, (iv) there may be some one using solar cells in space sending power to earth as radio frequency energy.

While many early e-bikes and conversions took advantage of relatively cheap lead - acid batteries as their power source, most modern electric bicycles employ lithium - ion (or similar chemistry) battery packs, so that stipulation shouldn't hold anyone back.

A single gallon of gasoline contains as much energy as one ton of lead - acid storage batteries!

Before you start breaking open old car batteries and making your own solar cells, remember that while the process may be described as «simple» when done by MIT researchers, it's not really appropriate for a home science project unless you've got the know - how, the skills, and the equipment to deal with the sulfuric acid and lead in the batteries without causing harm to yourself and others.

Lead - acid batteries, found in cars, have been used as energy storage solutions, but their life span is shorter than a lithium - ion battery.

occur when someone comes into contact with a corrosive chemical substance, such as car battery acid, bleach, chlorine, ammonia, solvents, acids, or thinning agents.

As the Atlantic Wire summed it up, «this seems like a winning - the - battle - while - surrendering - the - war kind of strategy that hinges on the argument that Pepsi's product is essentially a can of bright green / yellow battery acid.»

As if things couldn't get any worse, our children's» tacky, light up ear plug jewelry is leaking battery acid all over our kids» ears and necks and what have you.

Both models still use lead - acid batteries because, as Car News China reminds us, those batteries are dirt cheap.