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10 Batteries Store Electric Charge Or Electrons

Ask yourself: "What is a battery?" A very common answer is that a battery stores electricity, or perhaps a form of free electrons "floating" around inside. However, that is far from the truth.

Inside a battery is a chemical soup known as an electrolyte, stored between two terminals known as electrodes (the positive and negative sides of a battery). When a battery is connected to a device (say, a flashlight), the electrolyte is chemically transformed into ions, and electrons are discharged from the positive electrode. The electrons are attracted by the negative terminal, but between the terminals is the device (in this case, a flashlight), and the electrons power it.