Scientists at the University of Helsinki have investigated how relativity can influence the chemical properties of batteries.
Following on from their previous work on the common lead-acid battery, they have now looked into how relativity effects the once common mercury battery. The key result is that 29% (+0.38 V) of the calculated voltage of the mercury battery’s electromotoric force (EMF) arise from relativistic effects.
Relativity and the mercury battery
Patryk Zaleski-Ejgierd and Pekka Pyykkö
Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,
DOI: 10.1039/C1CP21738K
