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The Big Unanswered Question About Lithium
Climate change is upon us because we have been careless about our resources as a…
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Battery Basics
Lead and EV Batteries Advanced Safety Tips
Lead and EV batteries are safe technology, if anything safer than the devices they power.…
Battery Technical
Chemistry of a Battery Part 2: Electrolyte
The electrodes we see peeping out of battery casings are just one part of the…
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Lead Batteries Keep Pressure on Lithium
There’s no sign of lead batteries faltering under competition from new technology. Their global market…
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Battery Electric Freight Could Save 50% Energy
Diesel-electric trains have been a feature of U.S. life since the 1920’s. They began replacing…
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The First Rechargeable Lead Acid Battery
All battery cells were single use devices, until Frenchman Gaston Planté invented the first rechargeable…
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Poggendorff Brought Stability to Cell Research
Callaud’s gravity cell took early battery research down a detour where specific gravity was the…
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Daniel and Dancer Improve on Volta’s Design
Allessandro Volta’s tower battery was a brilliant inspiration that set the stage for future designs.…
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Lead-Acid Battery History in the Beginning
There were no computers or smart phones at the start of the First Industrial Revolution…
Battery Experiments
Build a Simple Lead Acid Battery at Home
This article describes how to build a simple lead acid battery at home. What follows…