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2. Automotive battery - Wikipedia

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   A typical 12 V, 40 Ah lead-acid car battery. An automotive battery, or car battery, is a rechargeable battery that is used to start a motor vehicle.. Its main purpose is to provide an electric current to the electric-powered starting motor, which in turn starts the chemically-powered internal combustion engine that actually propels the vehicle.

3. Lead–acid battery - Wikipedia

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   Car lead–acid battery after explosion showing brittle fracture in casing ends Excessive charging causes electrolysis , emitting hydrogen and oxygen in a process known as gassing . Wet cells have open vents to release any gas produced, and VRLA batteries rely on valves fitted to each cell.

4. Comparison of commercial battery types - Wikipedia

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   Under certain conditions, some battery chemistries are at risk of thermal runaway, leading to cell rupture or combustion. As thermal runaway is determined not only by cell chemistry but also cell size, cell design and charge, only the worst-case values are reflected here. [63]

5. Electrochemical cell - Wikipedia

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   A secondary cell produces current by reversible chemical reactions (ex. lead-acid battery car battery) and is rechargeable. Lead-acid batteries are used in an automobile to start an engine and to operate the car's electrical accessories when the engine is not running. The alternator, once the car is running, recharges the battery.

6. VRLA battery - Wikipedia

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   A 12V VRLA battery, typically used in small uninterruptible power supplies and emergency lamps. A valve regulated lead–acid (VRLA) battery, commonly known as a sealed lead–acid (SLA) battery, [1] is a type of lead–acid battery characterized by a limited amount of electrolyte ("starved" electrolyte) absorbed in a plate separator or formed into a gel; proportioning of the negative and ...

7. Jump start (vehicle) - Wikipedia

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   Lead-acid batteries may self-discharge if they develop a condition called sulfating, which permanently decreases battery capacity. It is entirely possible to destroy a new lead-acid battery within months, requiring a replacement. Jump starters using lithium-ion batteries began appearing in the market around 2013. Most lithium jump starter ...

8. Deep-cycle battery - Wikipedia

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   A deep-cycle battery powering a traffic signal. A deep-cycle battery is a battery designed to be regularly deeply discharged using most of its capacity. The term is traditionally mainly used for lead–acid batteries in the same form factor as automotive batteries; and contrasted with starter or cranking automotive batteries designed to deliver only a small part of their capacity in a short ...

9. History of the battery - Wikipedia

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   A lead-acid cell consists of a lead anode and a lead dioxide cathode immersed in sulfuric acid. Both electrodes react with the acid to produce lead sulfate, but the reaction at the lead anode releases electrons whilst the reaction at the lead dioxide consumes them, thus producing a current. These chemical reactions can be reversed by passing a ...