Episode 504
Does a phone weigh more after charging it?
Can fully charged batteries replace our training weights for daily exercises?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
April 25, 20225m 15s
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Show Notes
Listener Tibor wanted to know the answer to the question, "Does potential energy have any mass? If I was to charge a phone battery, would it become heavier?" Dr Israel Temprano from the Univserity of Cambridge explains to Otis Kingsman about this battery baffler... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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