What they all said. You can have a 6 Volt cell if you try hard enough. Practicality may be low. See table on this page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_electrode_potential_(data_page) Difference between the values for each half cell here gives overall cellpotential. Some may not be especially mutually realisable in a practical battery From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_electrode_potential_(data_page= ) --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .