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The Parthian Battery

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The use of electricity may go back further known as the Parthian Battery. The battery dates back to the Parthian empire and is believed to be 2,000 years old. However, the battery is known from its creator Alessandro Volta (a chemist and physicist and pioneer of electrical science). Volta is known for voltaic electricity (same as volts) and for many other things. The basic property of a battery is that two objects work as electrodes, causing an electrochemical reaction which generates voltage.
5] Write down the composition of that object. What materials / compounds / elements are used to make that object? The battery consists of three major parts, the positive electrode known as the cathode, the negative electrode (anode} which is two electrodes …show more content…

Do you see alternatives or better materials that can be used? How might this object look like in future (in a material perspective)?
A battery generates electricity, or a current of electrons through a conductive path and there is a buildup of electrons through a chemical reaction in the battery. Batteries can be stored for a long time and still work because the chemical process doesn't start until the electrons flow from the negative to the positive terminals through a circuit. Volta discovered in 1800 that certain fluids would generate a continuous flow of electrical power when used as a conductor. This discovery led to the invention of the first voltaic cell, more commonly known as battery.
9] Write a short biographical history of one of the inventors involved in the development of that object or device or material. The battery is a device that converts chemical energy into electricity. Like most important inventions, this device has many different versions originating from the 19th century
10] From the composition of the object (No. 5 above), choose a material, a compound, or an element and describe it in details according to rubric below:
10_A] Name of the material / compound /

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