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14.88 PriMAry BATTerieS

TABLE 14.24 Characteristics of Lithium/Copper Oxide Batteries
Li/CuO
Button ½AA AA
Nominal voltage, V 1.5 1.5 1.5
Dimensions (max)
Diameter, mm 9.5 14.5 14.5
Height, mm 2.7 26.0 50.5
Volume, cm 3 0.2 4.3 8.3
Weight, g 0.6 7.3 17.4
rated capacity, Ah* 0.060 1.4 3.4
Specific energy/energy density
Wh/kg 150 285 290
Wh/L 450 485 610
Weight of lithium, g — 0.4 0.9
Maximum current, mA 0.3 20 40
*At approximately C/1000 rate.
Source: SAFT America, inc. and Panasonic of North America Corp.

capacity advantage over the conventional aqueous batteries. Combined with their excellent storability
and operation over a wide temperature range, these batteries provide reliable power sources for appli-
cations such as memory backup, clocks, electric meters, and telemetry and, with high-temperature
cells, in high-temperature environments. Specially designed units were also manufactured to meet
higher drain applications. These batteries are no longer available commercially. Since this technol-
ogy remains a potential competitor for alkaline-manganese at low-drain rates, information on its
properties is retained in this edition.

14.12 LITHIUM/SILVER VANADIUM OXIDE BATTERIES

The lithium/silver vanadium oxide system has been developed for use in biomedical applications,
such as cardiac defibrillators, neurostimulators, and drug delivery devices. A description of this
system and its applications is found in Sec. 31.5.4.

14.13 LITHIUM/WATER AND LITHIUM/AIR BATTERIES

These two technologies are described in Sec. 33.6.

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