Get Zinc, Carbon Electrodes and MnO2 from a Lantern Battery

We get Zinc, Carbon Electrodes and Manganese dioxide from a lantern battery.

We'll be using all of these components in upcoming videos.

Zinc is a good metal for battery experiments:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Id3tL2iI0Vw

Carbon electrodes are good for electrolysis.

Manganese dioxide will be used to make potassium permanganate.


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Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Zinc
• manganese
• dioxide
• carbon
• electrodes
• lantern
• battery
• hack

[SmrtA55]

Its not a fake viral it has to be the enegiser lanturn.. i really did it to find out. and durecell lanmturn had 4 d sizr baterys so you should correct that.

[NurdRage]

@SmrtA55 An energizer lantern battery does not have 16-32 AA batteries. 

[LukeZX4]

haha. I actually used the same method to get what I need for my science fair project. The rods worked wonderfully as electrodes

[Tribey1994]

Fantastic video! however... I used my leatherman multi-tool for this and now there is a black, sticky rubbery substance on the tips of the pliers part which i am having trouble getting off with water. Would i be better to use an organic solvent (ie turps, methylated spirits etc) ?

[ktsswan]

I open a new battery. Is that better than used battery? Also, how do I clean the rods and the Manganese dioxide?

[vvvcodevvv]

^_^

[caustic128]

what if the battery is dead? Is the MnO2 still good?

[NelsonR001]

Yes, powder, a white stuff.

[Ypnovatis]

@NelsonR001 The real question is why would you "decide" to melt zinc without first reading and studying facts about zinc itself. You mean powder, not power, right

?

[98JMA]

@NelsonR001

The powder is highly likely to be zinc oxide, as the metal oxidizes rapidly when heated;

2Zn + O2 --> 2ZnO

[NelsonR001]

Hi, I thist this.

I decided to melt the zinc with my propane torch. However some zinc melted and some turned into a white, almost insoluble power, wich turns green when heated with the torch.

What is this?

Why this happened?

[XOIIOXOIIO]

I used this exact same thing for the rods to maky hydrogen gas.

[ChaoticOrder73]

this is before using the battery, correct?