What are batteries made of?
Author: Bart Trevet
Website: http://www.BatteriesTips.com
Added: Tue, Jul 18, 2006 14:29:40
Category: Batteries Questions
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A battery is certainly the pacemaker of the heart of a machine. Most of the machine depends on the voltage and its capacity. A battery is made of the container, cathode, separator, collector, and electrotype.
The container is the housing case of a battery. It is where the electrochemical reactions take place.
The cathode is the layer where manganese dioxide and carbon mix, in order to increase the reaction occurring in the container.
A separator is a non-woven, fibrous fabric that separates electrolytes.
The collector is the part of the battery that has a brass pin in the middle of it.
An electrolyte has potassium hydroxide that gives a solution in water that carries ionic content to the inner part of the battery.
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