Do Dead Batteries Really Bounce?

Published on November 2, 2016
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Captions provided by CCTubes – Captioning the Internet! Some people have this idea that dead batteries bounce if you drop them, but is it true?

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Sources:
http://www.iflscience.com/physics/it-turns-out-there-s-truth-dead-battery-bounce-after-all/
https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S42/72/95S25/index.xml?section=topstories
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ta/c5ta01576f#!divAbstract
http://www.wiley.com/college/pratt/0471393878/student/review/redox/3_half_reactions.html
https://www.wired.com/2013/05/fa_whatsinside/
https://www.stle.org/Shared_Content/TLT_Articles/Tech_Beat/Bouncing_Batteries.aspx?WebsiteKey=d30229f1-d53b-48d7-99ae-d0ce9fea621d

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