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- <text id=93TT1235>
- <title>
- Mar. 22, 1993: Batteries with Bounce
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
- Mar. 22, 1993 Can Animals Think
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 27
- HEALTH & SCIENCE
- Batteries with Bounce
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- <body>
- <p>A rubbery power cell may be the answer for electric vehicles
- </p>
- <p> Batteries have always been the Achilles' Heel of electric
- cars; you can make one that's rugged, but it's bound to be too
- heavy, too bulky and unable to store enough electricity. Or you
- can make a lightweight, efficient battery using a liquid
- containing lithium salts as the energy-storage medium, and risk
- leakage or fire in the case of an accident. Now three Arizona
- State University chemists have an answer that is literally a
- clever solution. By dissolving lithium not into liquid but into
- polymer (plastic), they have paved the way for a high-power
- battery that is light yet durable. This novel cell is still in
- the experimental stage and needs more engineering. It may not
- be long, however, before scientists proudly announce a practical
- battery with more bounce to the ounce.
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- </body>
- </article>
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