An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.
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An electric battery is a source of electric power consisting of one or more electrochemical cells with external connections for powering electrical devices.
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Primary batteries are used once and discarded, as the electrode materials are irreversibly changed during discharge; a common example is the alkaline Electrical battery used for flashlights and a multitude of portable electronic devices.
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Franklin grouped a number of the jars into what he described as a "Electrical battery", using the military term for weapons functioning together.
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Electrical battery thought that his cells were an inexhaustible source of energy, and that the associated corrosion effects at the electrodes were a mere nuisance, rather than an unavoidable consequence of their operation, as Michael Faraday showed in 1834.
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Important reasons for this high rate of growth of the electric Electrical battery industry include the electrification of transport, and large-scale deployment in electricity grids, supported by anthropogenic climate change-driven moves away from fossil-fuel combusted energy sources to cleaner, renewable sources, and more stringent emission regimes.
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Electrical battery driving force or across the terminals of a cell is known as the terminal voltage and is measured in volts.
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The oldest form of rechargeable Electrical battery is the lead–acid Electrical battery, which are widely used in automotive and boating applications.
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The lead–acid battery is relatively heavy for the amount of electrical energy it can supply.
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On 28 February 2017, the University of Texas at Austin issued a press release about a new type of solid-state Electrical battery, developed by a team led by lithium-ion Electrical battery inventor John Goodenough, "that could lead to safer, faster-charging, longer-lasting rechargeable batteries for handheld mobile devices, electric cars and stationary energy storage".
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The solid-state Electrical battery is said to have "three times the energy density", increasing its useful life in electric vehicles, for example.
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Sony has developed a biological Electrical battery that generates electricity from sugar in a way that is similar to the processes observed in living organisms.
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The Electrical battery generates electricity through the use of enzymes that break down carbohydrates.
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The VRLA Electrical battery uses an immobilized sulfuric acid electrolyte, reducing the chance of leakage and extending shelf life.
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The Electrical battery can provide 40 MW of power for up to seven minutes.
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For example, a Electrical battery rated at 100 A·h can deliver 5 A over a 20-hour period at room temperature.
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The fraction of the stored charge that a Electrical battery can deliver depends on multiple factors, including Electrical battery chemistry, the rate at which the charge is delivered, the required terminal voltage, the storage period, ambient temperature and other factors.
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The main benefit of the lead–acid Electrical battery is its low cost; its main drawbacks are large size and weight for a given capacity and voltage.
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When each Electrical battery reaches end of life it must be disposed of to prevent environmental damage.
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The likelihood that a disk Electrical battery will lodge in the esophagus is a function of the patient's age and Electrical battery size.
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The rechargeable Electrical battery industry operates nationwide recycling programs in the United States and Canada, with dropoff points at local retailers.
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