How To Make an Aluminum Air Battery

What’s up internet. Today I’m sharing a project of mine that I’ve had a lot of fun with over the years. I’ve been interested in aluminum air batteries ever since I heard about them from a friend in university years ago. Hope you all enjoy the video.

Materials List:
- Deck of playing cards
- Aluminum foil
- Salt water
- Paper towel

Filming equipment:

Video editing software:

Intro 0:00
Supplies used 0:51
Making the battery 1:52
Assembling the battery 4:50
Testing the battery 8:15
Outro 10:01

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[MechanicGoneRogue]

Hi everyone. Thank you all for your views and your comments. I've got a number of comments on the volume of the music. I really appreciate everybody's feedback on this, and will be making changes in future videos. Check them out and let me know if I did any better. Cheers!

[techlers]

U have content but please use lower music volume . Good luck

[ReubenHorner]

Hey mate, excellent video but a bit improvement would be no music and a nice MIC. You can get little shotgun mics that plug right into your phone or gopro or whatever

[weldinghand]

"Don't try this at home!" - does it at home on the dining table :'D

[harmendewindt]

yo u are the most modest youtuber ever good job

[AllInTest]

u are good keep going world need people like u good luck

[jeots]

Thanks for the lesson. I just learned something today that I often wonder about. Now I got questions about it, like how long do they last per use. Life expectancy. Recharge time. Up scaling. Down scaling. Actual applications for them. Questions off the top of my head about them air batteries.
Thanks for sharing the video....

[ThatJay]

excellent video. something to point out with this, if you were to charge this battery it will produce chlorine, hydrogen, and oxygen gas. you might want to replace the electrolyte with sodium/potassium bicarbonate, sodium/potassium carbonate, or sodium/potassium hydroxide to avoid producing chlorine.

[elichai]

Wow thanks MGR! Best video out there for making this battery! Its easy to follow and you did a really good job explaining it!!

[gileadsolarenergize]

You are the most lovely honest and Sincere Man

[oudotcom]

If you would use just K2CO3 with water as the electrolyte you can almost get 3x the voltage out of this battery !! Just try it out !
Regards, Stefan.

[srinivasvaranasi]

You have to teach my Chemistry class!! Well done.

[cikzcct]

That is really cool. I'm impressed. Great for people who have no power or batteries.

[GaryMcKinnonUFO]

Cool, thanks for sharing. An inventor here in the UK developerd a more efficient version but the gov wouldn't fund it. I think he had problems getting rid of the powder that builds up, which is re-useable of course.

[KingBoneezee]

I *am* going to try this at home, at school, maybe at work, certainly on a deserted island, and then I’ll make a bigger one.

[GHOOGLEMALE]

Good vid - lose the music, its really annoying

[yunzhechen]

So you're telling me that I can't find aluminum air batteries in a car?! You learn a new thing every day. In all seriousness, super impressed with your editing skills.

[mandelbro]

I'd like to see how long it would last connected with that load. Good job though :)

[maelotransportationmonedas]

Nice can they be recharged Can you do a bigger on in volt and sice

[zuzanajagelkova]

Would it work if u used simple pencil to colour the paper instead of carbon paint?