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- From: kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch)
- Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science
- Subject: Re: Car Batteries die in the Winter - Why?
- Date: 25 Dec 1992 18:31:28 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec13.213841.24118@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> kpearce@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (BULLDAWG) writes:
- > ... a chemical reaction is used to produce a potential differnce (voltage)
- > across your battery terminals. Without going into details, when exothermic
- > reactions are cooled, the driving forces (which depend on temperature) are
- > diminished and therefore the potential is smaller.
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- Not quite. The potential is the same. The available current is less, as
- the internal resistance is greater.
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- Keith Lynch, kfl@access.digex.com
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