A battery contains two metals that have different tendencies to attract electrons. If one is lithium with an electron affinity o

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A battery contains two metals that have different tendencies to attract electrons. If one is lithium with an electron affinity o

f −3.05, and the other is zinc with an electron affinity of −0.76, describe how the electrons will flow. Then, describe how you could make this an even stronger battery.

Chemistry

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Vitek1552 [10] · Answer 1 · 2022-09-16T10:43:10+03:00

Vitek1552 [10]3 years ago

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Answer:

I know that the electrons flow would be: The electrons will flow from lithium to zinc.

Explanation:

But I also dont know what would make this an even stronger battery.

tekilochka [14] · Answer 2 · 2022-09-16T13:05:37+03:00

Answer:

Electrons will flow from Zinc to Lithium

Explanation:

Since lithium has an electronegativity value of -3.05, this means that it has a very strong attraction to electrons. So a element with less electronegativity (zinc) will end up having its electrons pulled away, since electrons flow from least electronegative to most electronegative.

As for making the battery stronger, we can change it so that we use different metals with an even greater difference in electronegativity.