Make an AA Battery

In this video we’ll show how to make an AA battery. Warning: Potassium hydroxide is corrosive, zinc is a heavy metal, and manganese dioxide is an irritant. Wear gloves when handling them. Get a 5 mL plastic syringe (the one i got was from a company called “BD” and the catalogue number was 309603). Discard the plunger and cut off the tip. Also cut the back up to the 5 mL mark. Get a 5 by 3 cm sheet of zinc metal about 0.5 mm thick. Cut into the 3 cm side a series of cuts about half a centimetre long. Roll