Questions tagged [battery-chemistry]
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Why do batteries recover after a load is removed?
I carry a small 2-AA flashlight, and a few times, I have accidentally left it on in my holder. Each time it dies completely, so that no light is emitted, but if I turn it back off and wait for a few ...
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Charging NiMH batteries with 1W solar panel, charge controller needed?
I want to know if a charge controller would still be needed despite the solar panel never outputting more than C/10 of current to the battery.
This is a follow-up about my question here.
The solar ...
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What's the highest theoretical energy density for a chemical battery?
This is more a physics/chemistry/nanotech question, but what's the theoretical best energy density you could get out of a chemical battery (or fuel cell), if you could arrange atoms in any manner you ...
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How fast may I trickle charge a full LSD NiMH battery?
I've bought two packages of low-self-discharge nickel-metal hydride AA batteries, each made by a different well-known battery manufacturer.
Sadly, the datasheets aren't very detailed:
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laptop batteries charging myths - Long life OR short life
I'm very conscious about the life of battery.
Some people say that don't keep plugged-in laptop all over the time and remove battery charging at 70% and again charge at 40% so your battery cells ...
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Are there any battery chemistries that can be fabricated at home?
My question is simple. How hard it would be to fabricate a Battery of customized shape say of 30cm x 30 cm x 0.5 cm that can be fabricated by DIY without requiring any specialized/ hazardous chemicals ...
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Could I replace headphones NIMH battery with Lithium Ion phone battery of the same voltage?
Is it possible to replace a battery for headphones? I would like to replace a 052030 li po battery with a Nokia BL-5C Lithium Ion battery. The li po battery is rated at 130 mAh with 3.7v. The Lithium ...
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If I turn a AA around will it drain or damage electronics?
I have an Apple Bluetooth keyboard. The thing turns on all the time when I put it in my backpack. This is bad because it blocks the soft keyboard on my phone. It runs on 2 AA batteries. Lately, I ...
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What makes primary batteries leak on very deep discharge?
From my experience, if a primary (alkaline or zink) battery is left in a device with very low consumption (like a remote control, or a quartz watch) then at some point all the energy is drained and ...
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Li-ion Battery Rejuvenation
What can be done to repair or restore an ageing/dead/failing Li-ion rechargeable battery?
As they get older; they typically, gradually lose their capacity to hold a charge. What physical and/or ...
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what is the Outer casing of alkaline battery made of?
what is the outer casing of a typical small 9v alkaline battery made of? Is it conductive?
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How does a laptop maintain battery at full?
I know how a laptop battery becomes charged, however, I am not so sure how the power is maintained when when the battery has been charged to the maximum.
I am unsure whether the laptop would switch ...
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Estimating Li-Ion (or any other type) battery resistance
I have a Li-Ion battery cell, with a given datasheet providing the following discharge curve:
I thought to estimate its DC impedance (resistance) by, at a given capacity, making the ratio between the ...
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Running GSM module from primary batteries (ER34615)
I'm designing a small telemetry system that will take measurements every few hours and send the data through 3G at the end of the day. The target battery life is 1 year.
The GSM modules is an XBee 3G....
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How is it possible a dead old Lithium battery becomes charged after opened?
I opened a lithuim battery salvaged from my old laptop battery pack. I checked million times that it is 0V and it was by the time i was opening it. For some reason i would love to know, it is now ...
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Car battery capacity in colder countries
The capacity of the battery is affected when the temperature drops, particularly Lead-acid batteries. So how in cold countries this situation is solved.
In this PDF about automotive batteries at low ...
