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		IAmBroom 14 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ode to the AA Battery Pish, what's the worst that could happen when rusted steel and aluminum are kept in a sparky environment?

Dylan16807 14 days ago [–]

In chunks like that, with such little metal total? Nothing. Even if you sabotaged it to heat indefinitely the plastic around it would burn and leave the aluminum unreacted.

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