What is the white crusty stuff that forms, for instance, in a flashlight, when the Alkaline batteries leak? How do you get rid of it? - Quora
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I found an old light I haven't used in years. Didn't work when I turned it on, and checking the batteries I saw this white stuff on a few of them. When
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