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by lightedman 2386 days ago
Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared.

That alone tells me a dead battery of one composition will weigh some fraction less than a fully-charged one of the same composition, assuming all other things are truly equal (number of atoms in the containing can, etc.) The fractional difference might be very, very small (billionths of a gram difference?) but should still be present.