Anybody know what that powdery white stuff is? My dad said that acid came out of the battery and got oxidized.
I think it's crystals of battery acid. Better not inhale on it, cover your nose and dispose them quickly!
"Symptoms from swallowing potassium hydroxide include: * Abdominal pain - severe * Breathing difficulties due to the throat swelling shut * Burns in the mouth and throat * Collapse * Diarrhea * Mouth pain - severe * Rapid drop in blood pressure * Throat pain - severe Symptoms from getting potassium hydroxide on the skin or in the eyes include: * Burning * Severe pain * Vision loss Exerpt from article at: nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002482.htm Please handle with care! "When not using the battery store it in a dry place between the temperatures of -20oC and +35oC. This prevents leakage, rust and decreased battery performance and service life" Full article: supreme-battery.com/index.php?page=alkaline-safety-tips P.S. Sorry for the shortened links, I can't post URL's until I have 5+ posts :/
Wow... that's scary! I really need to handle a probably half-broken IKEA clock with these leaking batteries! First thing first, I need to cover my nose and mouth!
But please don't eat any AA's to seee how many it takes until you go blind and make a mes in the back of your pants!
Talking about 'consuming' batteries, I found out a funny parody of Stephen Chow's Six Million Dollar Man movie. That movie talked about a spoiled young guy being blasted into a gadjillion pieces, and then a crazy scientist rebuilt his body. When the protagonist need to get used to his bionic body, he had to need electricity. Then came the professor offering him a polystyrene rice box ('fan hup' in cantonese) with full of AA and D batteries! I can't help but LOL'ed on that!
Well it seems like this is turning into a chemistry experiment/lesson. What happens next we do not know?
No, and it's not definitely me who will do all the weird chemistry experiments. If I really work in the chemistry lab, the whole place could have exploded and all that left will be my steaming pair of shoes!!