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Battery Lab

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Question:
When I was at my neighbor’s house their TV remote batteries died. This prompted them to go to their fridge and get new batteries. When I saw the batteries in the fridge, I asked myself, “What effect do temperatures have on batteries?”. Ever since then I have wanted to know what affect extreme temperatures have on batteries. If extreme temperatures do affect batteries will batteries be able to withstand these extreme conditions? These questions prompted me to perform this experiment on batteries.

Rationale:
We performed an experiment on how extreme temperatures affect batteries. We were interested to find the information about how temperatures affect batteries in such as general car batteries, etc in the real world. We decided to …show more content…

The Rayovac was not as responsive as the Energizer and Duracell batteries. In our hypothesis, it states that the batteries will respond differently to the extreme temperatures which are partially correct only because the Rayovac batteries responded differently to the extreme heat temperature when we put it in the oven versus the Duracell and Energizer batteries. When we took the batteries out of the oven they were all a little melted because we left them in the oven for 20 minutes at 275 degrees Fahrenheit. When we took the Rayovac batteries out of the oven it did not work when we put them in the television remote, they did not even respond at all. When we took the Duracell batteries out and tested them in the television remote, the Duracell batteries worked right away. When we took the Energizer batteries out of the oven and put them in the television remote it took them exactly a minute to finally work. The battery that worked the best in extreme heat was the Duracell batteries, the Energizer batteries came in a close second and Rayovac batteries came in last. We also stated that the, “Better quality batteries will work/ last longer even though they are exposed to heat and Duracell and Energizer ended up being those batteries”. Then we did the fridge test with the batteries. In our hypothesis, we stated, “The cold temperatures will help the batteries last longer and recharge”. We took these batteries that did not work and put the batteries in the fridge which was -3 degrees Fahrenheit and left them in for 20 minutes. When we got the batteries out, the batteries were very cold. Then we tested the Duracell in the remote and it took a second, but it worked. We then put the Energizer batteries in the remote and it also took a second, but it worked too. The only battery that did not work after taking it out of the fridge was the Rayovac because it did not recharge. All the room

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