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The physical chemistry changes as a battery is spent. The internal chemicals are being converted from one molecule into another.

Its not surprising to me that the two different chemicals have different physical properties. (Elasticity, density, who knows? They're a fully different chemical once the electrons move around)



Almost all the mass of a molecule is in atom nuclei, and these masses do not change under any battery chemistry I've ever seen.

The only way to change mass appreciably is to add or remove atoms from the interior of the battery.




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