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    The leadacid battery is a type of rechargeable battery first invented in 1859 by French physicist Gaston Planté. It is the first type of rechargeable...
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    A valve regulated leadacid (VRLA) battery, commonly known as a sealed leadacid (SLA) battery, is a type of leadacid battery characterized by a limited...
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    Most types of batteries can be recycled. However, some batteries are recycled more readily than others, such as leadacid automotive batteries (nearly 90%...
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    regulator to keep the output between 13.5 and 14.5 V. Modern SLI batteries are lead-acid type, using six series-connected cells to provide a nominal 12-volt...
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    applications in electrochemistry, in particular as the positive plate of lead acid batteries. Lead dioxide has two major polymorphs, alpha and beta, which occur...
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    consumed, they cannot be electrically recharged. The development of the lead-acid battery and subsequent "secondary" or "chargeable" types allowed energy to...
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    28 Johnson Controls Optima Yellow Top spiral wound AGM deep cycle leadacid batteries in series, which produced 150 & 165 kW (220 horsepower) and 177 lbs·ft...
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    deep-cycle battery is a battery designed to be regularly deeply discharged using most of its capacity. The term is traditionally mainly used for leadacid batteries...
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    increased to about half of that of primary batteries, and significantly greater than leadacid batteries. Jungner experimented with substituting iron...
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    electrochemical reaction, as in leadacid cells. The energy used to charge rechargeable batteries usually comes from a battery charger using AC mains electricity...
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  • 6-cell leadacid battery arises purely from relativistic effects, explaining why tin–acid batteries do not work. In Tl(I) (thallium), Pb(II) (lead), and...
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    world's largest producers, distributors and recyclers of lead-acid batteries. Lead-acid batteries are used in automobiles, golf carts, fork-lifts, electric...
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    include the leadacid batteries used in vehicles and lithium-ion batteries used for portable electronics such as laptops and mobile phones. Batteries come in...
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    domestic acidic drain cleaners, as an electrolyte in lead-acid batteries, as a dehydrating compound, and in various cleaning agents. Sulfuric acid can be...
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    Inverter battery Lantern battery Nanobatteries Nanowire battery Local battery Polapulse battery Photoflash battery Reserve battery Smart battery system...
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    Technologies, an American lead-acid batteries manufacturing company. Exide Holdings manufactured automotive batteries and industrial batteries. Exide Holdings is...
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    lead has been used as a coolant for lead-cooled fast reactors. The largest use of lead in the early 21st century is in leadacid batteries. The lead in...
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    later refined by Hughes Electronics. The car was powered by 32 leadacid rechargeable batteries. On April 18, 1990 Smith announced that the Impact would become...
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    UltraBattery is a trademark of the lead-acid battery technology commercialized by Furukawa Battery Co. Ltd. UltraBattery has thin carbon layers on spongy...
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    explode. For example, an automobile SLI (starting, lighting, ignition) leadacid battery carries several risks of explosion. A newer type of charger is known...
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  • Trickle charging (category Battery charging)
    the leadacid battery splitting the water in the electrolyte into hydrogen and oxygen gases. Other battery chemistries, such as lithium-ion battery technology...
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    established rechargeable battery technologies in the market currently: the lithium-ion battery and the rechargeable leadacid battery. Companies around the...
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    lasting only seconds. Battery rooms were used to segregate the fumes and corrosive chemicals of wet cell batteries (often leadacid) from the operating...
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    boost the dead vehicle battery. Jump starters using lead-acid batteries claim 300−⁠1700 amp ratings. The main disadvantage of lead-acid jump starters is weight...
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    A battery regenerator is a device that restores capacity to lead-acid batteries, extending their effective lifespan. They are also known as desulphators...
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    Jelly roll Leadacid battery List of battery sizes List of battery types Lithium-ion battery Lithium iron phosphate battery Nickel–zinc battery Nickel(II)...
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    paste for leadacid batteries. A related mineral is leadhillite, 2PbCO3·PbSO4·Pb(OH)2. At high concentration of sulfuric acid (>80%), lead hydrogensulfate...
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  • Silver–calcium alloy batteries are a type of leadacid battery with grids made from lead–calcium–silver alloy, instead of the traditional lead–antimony alloy...
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    primary battery in high end products. A secondary cell produces current by reversible chemical reactions (ex. lead-acid battery car battery) and is rechargeable...
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    types of UPS batteries: Valve Regulated Lead Acid (VRLA), Flooded Cell or VLA batteries, and lithium-ion batteries. The run-time for a battery-operated UPS...
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