• Question: What is manganese dioxide?

    Asked by Elicabanas to Tom, Paul, Natasha, Ildiko, Ester, Eoin on 9 Nov 2017.
    • Photo: Ester Gil Vazquez

      Ester Gil Vazquez answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      Sounds like one of these chemical compounds found in rocks. I wouldn’t feed it to any cell, sounds like toxic

    • Photo: Paul McKeegan

      Paul McKeegan answered on 9 Nov 2017:

      Indeed! Manganese and oxygen are elements, so it’s made of one atom of Manganese, a metal, and two of Oxygen (MnO2). In a way, it’s the Manganese equivalent of rust, which is Iron Oxide. It’s useful in batteries, but I would probably avoid eating it.

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