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Safe and sustainable cities will depend on lithium-ion batteries to power our modern lives. But what are the costs?

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Alkaline Battery Interior

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Lithium-ion batteries are not the only kinds of batteries that people use. Here, you can observe some of the internal structures in an alkaline battery, a common type of battery.

In this example, the alkaline battery has a “bobbin” construction.

Explore this interactive to compare this Alkaline battery to a lithium-ion battery.

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