Question

What is the oldest battery?

Answer 1

1. Battery is a device that is used in converting chemical energy into electrical energy.
2. The active material present in the battery directly changes the chemical energy into electrical energy.
3. This process of conversion of energy is called an electrochemical redox reaction.
4. The transfer of electrons occurs through the circuit.
5. 2200-year-old clay jar found near Baghdad, Iraq that resembles a battery.
6. This has been the oldest electrical battery that came into existence.
7. It can generate 1.5-2volts of power.
8. The battery is filled up with an acidic solution and that solution is capable of conducting current.
9. As the solution carries current from one terminal of the Copper tube to the Iron tube.
10. The basic principal of this battery was further used by Galvani and Volta.