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BATTERY STANDARDIZATION
4.3 CONCEPTS OF STANDARDIZATION
4.3
TABLE 4.1c U.S. Military Standards (MIL)
Publication Title Electrochemical systems
MIL-B-18 Batteries Non-Rechargeable Zinc-carbon
MIL-B-8565 Aircraft Batteries Various
MIL-B-11188 Vehicle Batteries Lead-acid
MIL-B-49030 Batteries, Dry, Alkaline (Non-Rechargeable) Alkaline-manganese dioxide
MIL-B-55252 Batteries, Magnesium Magnesium
MIL-B-49436 Batteries, Rechargeable, Sealed Nickel-Cadium Nickel-cadmium
MIL-B-49450 Vented Aircraft Batteries Nickel-cadmium
MIL-B-49458 Batteries, Non-Rechargeable Lithium/manganese dioxide
MIL-B-49461 Batteries, Non-Rechargeable Lithium/thionyl chloride
MIL-B-55130 Batteries, Rechargeable, Sealed Nickel-Cadmium Nickel-cadmium
MIL-B-81757 Aircraft Batteries Nickel-cadmium
MIL-PRF-49471 Batteries, Non-Rechargeable, High Performance Various
TABLE 4.1d Manufacturers’ and Professional Associations
Publication Title Battery type covered
Society of Automotive Engineers
SAE AS 8033 Aircraft Batteries Nickel-cadmium
SAE J 537 Storage Batteries Lead-acid
Battery Council International Battery Replacement Data Book Lead-acid
The objectives of the international battery standards are to:
1. Define a standard of quality and provide guidance for its assessment
2. Ensure the electrical and physical interchangeability of products from different manufacturers
3. Limit the number of battery types
4. Provide guidance on matters of safety
The IEC sponsors the development and publication of standard documents. This development is
carried out by working groups of experts from participating countries. These experts represent con-
sumer, user, producer, academia, government, and trade and professional interests in the consensus
development of these standards. The Groups of Experts in IEC working on battery standards are:
TC 21: Rechargeable Batteries
TC 35: Primary Batteries
The designation for the ANSI Committee on Portable Cells and Batteries is C18.
Table 4.1a lists the IEC standards that pertain to primary and secondary batteries. Many countries
utilize these standards either by simply adopting them in toto as their national standards or by har-
monizing their national standards to the IEC standards. Table 4.1b lists the ANSI battery standards.
When feasible, the two groups harmonize the requirements in their standards.
The objective of battery interchangeability is achieved by specifying the preferred values for the
physical aspects of the battery, such as dimensions, polarity, terminals, nomenclature, and markings.
In addition, performance characteristics, such as service life or capacity, may be described and speci-
fied with test conditions for verification.