Book Description

Introduction to battery technology -- Guidelines to battery selection -- Battery characteristics. Lead-acid secondary batteries -- Nickel batteries -- Silver batteries -- Alkaline manganese batteries -- Carbon-zinc and carbon-zinc chloride primary batteries -- Mercury batteries -- Lithium batteries -- Manganese dioxide-magnesium perchlorate primary batteries -- Magnesium-organic electrolyte primary batteries -- Metal-air cells -- High-temperature thermally activated primary reserve batteries -- Zinc-halogen secondary batteries -- Sodium-sulphur secondary batteries -- Other fast-ion conducting solid systems -- Water-activated primary batteries -- Battery theory and design. Lead-acid secondary batteries -- Nickel batteries -- Silver batteries -- Alkaline manganese batteries -- Carbon-zinc and carbon-zinc chloride batteries -- Mercury-zinc batteries -- Lithium batteries -- Manganese dioxide- magnesium perchlorate primary batteries -- Metal-air batteries -- High-temperature thermally activ ...