Does a Battery on a Table Create an Electric Field?

[damosuz]

A battery lies on a table. Does it produce an electric field in its vicinity when no conductor connects its terminals together? If yes, do you have an idea of its magnitude?

Thanks.

 

[cragar]

yes it has an E field , It would be similar to a capacitor , and the E field would go from + to minus.
Maybe you could use gauss's law .