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Electric power using liquid as a catalyst can be produced with a special mixture of magnesium and carbon. Could liquids including beer, apple juice, cola, saliva and of course urine be used to run the XO?
Electric power using liquid as a catalyst can be produced with a special mixture of magnesium and carbon. Could liquids including beer, apple juice, cola, saliva and of course urine be used to run the XO?

== Urine Power ==

To make a urine powered battery a piece of paper is soaked in a solution of copper chloride and sandwiched between strips of magnesium and copper. This sandwich is then laminated between two sheets of transparent plastic.

When a drop of urine is added to the paper through a slit in the plastic, a chemical reaction takes place that produces electricity.



== External Links ==
== External Links ==
* [http://www.methodshop.com/2007/09/urine-powered-batteries.shtml Where the idea came from]
* [http://www.methodshop.com/2007/09/urine-powered-batteries.shtml Urine Powered Batteries]
* [http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0818_050818_urinebattery.html Urine Battery Turns Pee Into Power]


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[[Category:Battery & Power]]

Latest revision as of 03:26, 17 February 2008

Electric power using liquid as a catalyst can be produced with a special mixture of magnesium and carbon. Could liquids including beer, apple juice, cola, saliva and of course urine be used to run the XO?

Urine Power

To make a urine powered battery a piece of paper is soaked in a solution of copper chloride and sandwiched between strips of magnesium and copper. This sandwich is then laminated between two sheets of transparent plastic.

When a drop of urine is added to the paper through a slit in the plastic, a chemical reaction takes place that produces electricity.


External Links