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Accession Number:
AD0275284
Title:
A THIN-PLATE BATTERY
Corporate Author:
MELPAR INC FALLS CHURCH VA
Report Date:
1962-05-15
Abstract:
Major effort was directed toward achieving improved understanding of the factors controlling cell and battery discharge characteristics, at drain rates corresponding to high current densities. One of the primary effects noticeable in the examination of discharged cells, is an incomplete activation, characterized by nonuniform utilization of the anode area. This is often termed electrolyte starvation. The best remedy to date has consisted of an increase in aperture size of the electrolyte intake, permitting faster feeding of the electrolyte, and a better balance between rate of activation and rate of discharge, which results in an over-all lower average current density. Test results indicate clearly that the utilization of NH4SCN as the solute in the electrolyte NH3 solution gives improved performance, as compared with the KCNS previously used. Additionally, study of the catholyte has shown that the optimum activity is obtained with slurry prepared cathodes having a composition of 45 m.DNB, 10 NH4SCN and 45 carbon, proportions expressed by weight. Author
Pages:
0033
Contract Number:
NOw-60-0362
File Size:
0.00MB
