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This is Scientists American sixty seconds. I am Santy Graver. Got a minute?
They are called button cells, coin cells or watch batteries. By any names, this tiny round batteries pose a choking danger to kids. And if a kid succeeds in swallowing a button cell, the battery may shortcircut in a moist suffergea environment, burning the tissue. A few children wind up in the emergency room each year after swalowing a button battery. But a team of Harvard MIT researchers that include prolific1 inventor Robert Lancer think they have a partial solution, a protective coating. The scientists covered the battery with a material, technically2 a quatine composite, in which micorparticles of conductive metal are suspended in a insulating layer. Under most circumstances, including inside a child, the layers are non-conductive, but when the materials are subjected to high pressure, the microparticles are squized together enough to carry currents. One such pressurized environment is the typical
battery compartment3 in a small device. You often have to force the battery into place. So the same battery that remains4 inlert when swallowed works just fine when it's jammed into its slot in a hearing aid. The waterproof5 design would prevent batteries from corrosion6 and high humidity. The research is in the proceedings7 of the Natural Academy of Sciences. Tests with pigs found the coated battery to be gentle on a porsigned surfugus. Next step figure out a way to keep the kids from putting batteries into their mouth in the first place. Can a quantin composite be made to taste terrible? Thanks for the minute. This is Scientists American sixty seconds.
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1 prolific | |
adj.丰富的,大量的;多产的,富有创造力的 | |
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adv.专门地,技术上地 | |
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n.卧车包房,隔间;分隔的空间 | |
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n.剩余物,残留物;遗体,遗迹 | |
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n.防水材料;adj.防水的;v.使...能防水 | |
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n.腐蚀,侵蚀;渐渐毁坏,渐衰 | |
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n.进程,过程,议程;诉讼(程序);公报 | |
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