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1. Fundamentals of Battery Technology
1.1 What is a Battery?
1.2 How Does a Battery Work?
1.3 Galvanic Cells vs. Batteries
1.4 Primary Battery
1.5 Secondary Battery
1.6 Battery Labels

2. Available Battery Types
2.1 General
2.1.1 Acid vs. Alkaline
2.1.2 Wet vs. Dry
2.1.3 Categories
2.2 Vehicular Batteries
2.2.1 Lead-Acid
2.2.2 Sealed vs. Flooded
2.2.3 Deep-Cycle Batteries
2.2.4 Battery Categories for Vehicular Batteries
2.3 “Household” Batteries
2.3.1 Zinc-carbon (Z-C)
2.3.2 Zinc-Manganese Dioxide Alkaline Cells (“Alkaline Batteries”)
2.3.3 Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries
2.3.4 Nickel-Cadmium (Ni-Cd)
2.3.5 Nickel-Metal Hydride (Ni-MH)
2.3.6 Nickel-Iron (Ni-I)
2.3.7 Nickel-Zinc (Ni-Z)
2.3.8 Lithium and Lithium Ion
2.4 Specialty Batteries (“Button” and Miniature Batteries)
2.4.1 Metal-Air Cells
2.4.2 Silver Oxide
2.4.3 Mercury Oxide
2.5 Other Batteries
2.5.1 Nickel-Hydrogen (Ni-H)
2.5.2 Thermal Batteries
2.5.3 Super Capacitor
2.5.4 The Potato Battery
2.5.5 The Sea Battery
2.5.6 Other Developments

3. Performance, Economics and Tradeoffs
3.1 Energy Densities
3.2 Energy per Mass
3.3 Energy Per Volume
3.4 Memory Effects
3.5 Voltage Profiles
3.6 Self-Discharge Rates
3.7 Operating Temperatures
3.8 Cycle Life
3.9 Capacity Testing
3.10 Battery Technology Comparison

4. Selecting the Right Battery for the Application
4.1 Battery Properties
4.2 Environmental Concerns
4.3 Standardization
4.4 Testing Capacities
4.5 Mobile Radios
4.6 Cellular Phones and PCS Phones
4.7 Laptop Computers
4.8 Camcorders

5. Battery Handling and Maintenance
5.1 Battery Dangers
5.2 Extending Battery Life

6. Battery Chargers and Adapters
6.1 Battery Chargers
6.2 Charge Rates
6.3 Charging Techniques
6.4 Charging Lead-Acid Batteries
6.5 Charging Ni-Cd Batteries
6.6 Timed-Charge Charging
6.7 Pulsed Charge-Discharge Chargers
6.8 Charging Button Batteries
6.9 Internal Chargers
6.10 Battery Testers
6.11 “Smart” Batteries
6.12 End of Life
6.13 Battery Adapters

7. Products and Suppliers
7.1 Battery Manufacturers
7.1.1 Battery Engineering
7.1.2 Duracell
7.1.3 Eveready
7.1.4 Rayovac
8. A Glossary of Battery Terms

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