Why Do Batteries Taste Sour?

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If you put your tongue on a 9-volt battery it might taste sour, kind of like lemonade, but why does that shock have a flavor? Hosted by: Olivia Gordon Head to https://scishowfinds.com/ for hand selected artifacts of the universe! ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow ---------- Dooblydoo thanks go to the following Patreon supporters: Lazarus G, Sam Lutfi, D.A. Noe, الخليفي سلطان, Piya Shedden, KatieMarie Magnone, 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.pnas.org/content/107/51/21955 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-65245-5_10 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolysis_of_water https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1959860 http://personal.psu.edu/staff/m/b/mbt102/bisci4online/chemistry/chemistry4.htm https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gajan_Suthokumar/publication/286365474_Digital_flavor_interface/links/5b2bd2430f7e9b0df5ba17bf/Digital-flavor-interface.pdf https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289586097_Virtual_ingredients_for_food_and_beverages_to_create_immersive_taste_experiences https://www.computer.org/csdl/proceedings/iswc/2012/4697/00/06246147.pdf https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/1417

Published 2018-10-23 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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