SciShow: Why Does Cold Weather Kill Your Phone?

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Content of the Lesson: If you live in a cold climate, you might know the agony of trying to get your car started on a chilly winter morning, or standing helplessly by as your phone's battery level plummets. So why do cold weather and batteries seem to just not get along? Hosted by: Hank Green SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at http://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Carpentier, Eric Jensen, Matt Curls, Sam Buck, Christopher R Boucher, Avi Yashchin, Adam Brainard, Greg , Alex Hackman, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, Piya Shedden, Scott Satovsky Jr.Charles Southerland, Patrick D. Ashmore, charles george, Kevin Bealer, Chris Peters ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: http://www.ewart.org.uk/science/patterns/pat1.htm https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/news/2009/11/q-a-why-do-car-batteries-die-in-winter/index.htm https://blog.firestonecompleteautocare.com/batteries/why-car-batteries-die-in-winter/ https://www.livescience.com/61334-batteries-die-cold-weather.html https://www.livescience.com/50657-how-batteries-work.html https://www.explainthatstuff.com/how-lithium-ion-batteries-work.html https://exodusoutdoorgear.com/blogs/news/83515846-the-science-of-trail-camera-batteries https://www.batterystuff.com/kb/articles/battery-articles/secret-workings-of-a-lead-acid-battery.html https://www.thoughtco.com/why-batteries-discharge-quickly-cold-weather-607889 https://arc.aiaa.org/doi/pdf/10.2514/3.62554 https://www.autodesk.com/products/eagle/blog/how-battery-works-electronics-beginner/ https://www.powerstream.com/BatteryFAQ-alkaline.html https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/bu_307_electrolyte https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/discharging_at_high_and_low_temperatures https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/battery3.htm https://electronics.howstuffworks.com/everyday-tech/lithium-ion-battery.htm https://sciencing.com/elements-alkaline-battery-6177542.html https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/0471238961.0112110119011211.a01 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/pdf/10.1021/ie800017e https://toolguyd.com/flashlight-tool-batteries-cold-weather/ https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/8315490


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