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Contents

Preface 4 Nickel batteries
Acknowledgements Nickel-cadmium secondary batteries . Nickel-iron
secondary batteries . Nickel-zinc secondary batteries
1 1ntroduc:tion to battery technology . Nickel-hydrogen secondary batteries . Nickel-metal
hydride secondary batteries . Sodium-nickel chloride
Electromotive force . Reversible cells . Reversible secondary batteries
electrodes . Relationship between electrical energy and
energy content of a cell . Free energy changes and elec-
tromotive forces in cells . Relationship between the 5 Silver batteries
energy changes accompanying a cell reaction and con- Silver oxide-zinc primary batteries . Silver-zinc sec-
centration of the reactants . Single electrode potentials ondary batteries . Silver-cadmium secondary batteries
. Activities of electrolyte solutions . Influence of ionic . Silver-hydrogen secondary batteries
concentration1 in the electrolyte on electrode poten-
tial . Effect of sulphuric acid concentration on e.m.f.
in the lead-acid battery . End-of-charge and end-of- 6 Alkaline manganese batteries
discharge e.m.f. values . Effect of cell temperature on
e.m.f. in the lead-acid battery . Effect of tempera- Alkaline manganese primary batteries . Alkaline man-
ture and temperature coefficient of voltage dEldT on ganese secondary batteries
heat content change of cell reaction . Derivation of
the number of electrons involved in a cell reaction . 7 Carbon-zinc and carbon-zinc chloride
Thermodynamic calculation of the capacity of a bat- primary batteries
tery . Calculation of initial volume of sulphuric acid
. Calculation of operating parameters for a lead-acid Carbon-zinc batteries . Carbon-zinc chloride batteries
battery from calorimetric measurements . Calculation
of optimum acid volume for a cell Effect of cell lay- 8 Mercury batteries
out in batteries on battery characteristics . Calculation
of energy density of cells . Effect of discharge rate on Mercury-zinc primary batteries . Mercury-indium-
performance characteristics . Heating effects in batter- bismuth and mercury -cadmium primary batteries
ies . Spontaneous reaction in electrochemical cells .
Pressure development in sealed batteries 9 Lithium batteries
Introduction . Lithium- sulphur dioxide primary
2 Guidelines to battery selection batteries . Lithium-thionyl chloride primary batteries
. Lithium-vanadium pentoxide primary batteries
Primary batteries . Secondary batteries . Conclusion . Lithium-manganese dioxide primary batteries .
Lithium-copper oxide primary batteries . Lithium-
silver chromate primary batteries . Lithium-lead
Pat3 1 Battery Characteristics bismuthate primary cells . Lithium-polycarbon
3 Lead-acid secondary batteries monofluoride primary batteries . Lithium solid
electrolyte primary batteries . Lithium-iodine primary
Open-type lead-acid batteries . Non-spill lead-acid batteries . Lithium-molybdenum disulphide secondary
batteries . Recombining sealed lead-acid batteries batteries . Lithium (aluminium) iron monosulphide
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