On 11/02/18 23:38, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
On Sun, 11 Feb 2018 14:35:43 -0800, Jeff Liebermann
wrote:

The white stuff that leaks out of carbon zinc battery is the zinc
chloride electrolyte:

Oops. Zinc chloride is the crud that leaks out of the battery. The
electrolyte is ammonium chloride.


Zinc chloride actually attracts so much water that it dissolves in it,
as I found out when I tried to crystallize the stuff.

Jeroen Belleman