Do batteries lose weight
In the case of undamaged sealed batteries the weight remains the same. But for batteries like Lead acid one gases are emmitted while recharghing thus reducing weight. The Hiroshima bomb converted the mass of about half a dime into energy. YES, batteries do lose weight when they are discharged. A discharged battery has less energy than a charged battery, and as such it also has less mass. Harm to minors, violence or threats, harassment or privacy invasion, impersonation or misrepresentation, fraud or phishing, show more. Baggy clothes hide your whole body and encourage lounging around. Harm to minors, violence or threats, harassment or privacy invasion, impersonation or misrepresentation, fraud or phishing, show more. Ony if the resulting products of the chemical reaction are gaseous or liquid AND are allowed to escape (which is not the case), the total weight may decrease. So when the battery loses energy, it loses mass. The process in a battery is a chemical process. As a battery is drained, negative electrons are moving from the negative side of the battery to the positive side. I think this question violates the Community Guidelines. Keep cut-up fruits and veggies in the fridge to pick up for snacks or easy dishes. They do not lose anything, it is just that the electrons go from one side of the battery and go into the other at the same rate. Sometimes batteries do leak, that-s why batteries should not be left in for a long time without use, and then - yes - they lose weight.
I think this question violates the Community Guidelines. A vented (older style vehicle battery) lead acid battery will vary in weight because it looses sulfur, hydrogen and water through evaporation and heat during use. I think this answer violates the Community Guidelines. A bloke called Einstein proved almost 100 years ago that mass and energy are interchangable. But is there really any chemical reaction which does so. Matter can be converted into energy in a nuclear reaction like fission. I think this question violates the Terms of Service. Now be aware that the mass diffrence is so miniscule as to be efectively immesurable. When hydrogen burns to form water, do the water molecules weigh less than the hydrogen and oxygen molecules which reacted. Most batteries are sealed and the chemical reactions inside do not change the total weight when discharged or charged. Chat or rant, adult content, spam, insulting other members, show more. The energy released from the chemical reaction is a loss of mass. Chat or rant, adult content, spam, insulting other members, show more. I think this answer violates the Terms of Service. When the two sides balance out the charges, the battery is dead. Because the mass related to the energy lost is so massively (no pun intended) smaller than the mass of the battery. Chat or rant, adult content, spam, insulting other members, show more. For a 12 volt car battery the mass difference would probbaly be a fraction of a femtogram.
