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>I have a handheld video game that takes 4 alkaline size C batteries,
> and I had left it in a corner 5 years ago and forgotten about it. I
> finally looked at it today and there must have been a battery leak,
> because there is a substance that looks like a white powder all around
> the battery compartment. The game had been placed in a plastic bag,
> and part of the bag around the battery compartment was dissolved. In
> addition, the game was inside the plastic bag, which was inside a
> paper bag. I noticed a large dried liquid stain inside the paper bag.
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> So what is the white powder-like substance?
** KOH.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potassium_hydroxide
> Is it toxic? How should
> I attempt to clean the game?
** Warm water with a few drops of liquid detergent is fine.
> Also, what was the liquid that leaked out?
** KOH plus water.
> If it stained the paper
> bag, then it probably got onto the carpet too.
** Its actually a common carpet cleaner.
Biggest problem is the way it corrodes metals - including the parts and
tracks on a PCB.
........ Phil
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