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Daniell Cell: Daniel used two pots one with zinc sulfate solution and the other with copper sulfate solution to generate electricity. Image Credit - Wikimedia Commons.89

Development of the Battery - Better Battery – and Better Battery Life

It is estimated that batteries have now been with man for more than 500 years. The earliest documented methods of generating electricity were by generating a static charge. It was not until the year 1800...

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Lithium Atom. Notice that like, gold, silver, and copper, Lithium has one "valance electron."80

Future Car - Electricity & Battery Technology

Though the only mention of "future" or "car" in this hub is in this and the next paragraph, it is with an eye toward the future car that the hub was written. With so many new cars being designed to run...

7 comments    automotive car battery
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Uses of Cobalt in Medicine and Industrial Manufacturing

Cobalt is a hard silvery-white metal, it belongs to the metallic element of the iron group. Cobalt is similar to iron in appearance the only difference is cobalt has a reddish tinge. Cobalt is harder than...

18 comments    education medicine radiation
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Health and Wellness Memberships for $1.00 this week ending the 12th of December.

How many of us really wished that we could leave our jobs and earn money at home? I know there are millions that wished they could spend more time with their families without having to say, "If I didn't have...

0 comments    business advice relationships
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Sustainable Green Interior Design

Think interior design and we conjure up images of cushions lamps and all things decorative.As important as these decorative items are in making a space feel more comfortable.When it come to sustainable green...

3 comments    interior ceiling fan
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Cadmium Plating - Alternatives are better are not ?

Cadmium plating is done on steel to make sure that it is gives that necessary corrosion and sacrificial resistance to the steel. Cadmium as an element has excellent corrosion protection properties and that...

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My Mama/Grandma Used To Say...

Between my mother, grandmother, and sister-in-law (who was raised by her grandmother), I have heard quite a few colorful expressions regarding the ways of life in my thirty something years on this planet....

8 comments    mother grandmother expressions
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Electronics recycling for a Cleaner Safer Environment

IT seems almost every 6 months a new electronic gadget comes out that people feel compelled to buy and throw out a perfectly functioning old one. Thus our electronic waste is doubling and tripling and enviromentally safe recycling of electronic waste is becoming very difficult

2 comments    advice technology television
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Different from 50 Years Ago? Skills of Managers Today

 “In general, management is experiencing a revolution” (Nickels, McHugh & McHugh, 2008, ¶ 13). Why are the skills of managers today different from management skills 50 years ago? The clear...

0 comments    business life advice
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Adventure with Geocaching

I had been thinking about writing a hub about wooden nickels and decided to see what information could be found about when they were first used, etc. While doing the research, I found that wooden nickels...

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