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Crompton's Battery Reference Book has become the standard reference source for a wide range of professionals and students involved in designing, manufacturing, and specifying products and systems that use batteries. This book is unique in providing extensive data on specific battery types, manu...

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Main Authors: Crompton, T. R. Thomas Roy
Corporate Authors: Elsevier Science & Technology
Published: Newnes,
Publisher Address: Oxford, England ; Boston :
Publication Dates: 2000.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: Third edition.
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Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9780750646253
Summary: Crompton's Battery Reference Book has become the standard reference source for a wide range of professionals and students involved in designing, manufacturing, and specifying products and systems that use batteries. This book is unique in providing extensive data on specific battery types, manufacturers and suppliers, as well as covering the theory - an aspect of the book which makes an updated edition important for every professional's library. The coverage of different types of battery is fully comprehensive, ranging from minute button cells to large installations weighing several hundred
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780750646253
075064625X
9781493302840
1493302841
Index Number: TK2901
CLC: TM91-67
Contents: 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 conductin