Part One - Basics every battery user should know

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Part One - Basics every battery user should know

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Facts about batteries	BU1 BU2	Sharing battery knowledge When was the battery invented?
Battery chemistries	BU3 BU4 BU5 BU5A BU5B BU6 BU7 BU8	What's the best battery? The nickel-based battery, its dominance and the future - The nickel-cadmium battery - The nickel-metal-hydride battery Is lithium-ion the ideal battery? - The lithium-ion battery - The lithium polymer battery - Restrictions on lithium content for air travel - Restrictions on shipment of lithium-ion batteries The high-power lithium-ion - Types of lithium-ion batteries - Definition of Energy Density and Power Density - Confusion with voltages - Prolonged battery life through moderation Lithium-ion safety concerns - Recall of lithium-ion batteries - Safety level of lithium-ion systems - What every battery user should know Can the lead-acid battery compete in modern times? - Plate thickness - Sealed lead-acid - Absorbed Glass Mat Batteries (AGM) Will the reusable alkaline battery have a future? What's the role of the supercapacitor?
Packaging and safety	BU9 BU10 BU10A	Battery packaging - a look at old and new systems - The cylindrical cell - The button cell - The prismatic cell - The pouch cell - Battery packs for portable devices Safety circuits for modern batteries Serial and parallel battery configurations - Singe cell applications - Serial connection - Parallel connection - Serial/parallel connection - Charging and discharging lithium-ion batteries - Household batteries
Charging	BU11 BU12 BU13 BU14 BU14A	Charging nickel-based batteries - Charging nickel-cadmium -Charging nickel-metal-hydride Charging lithium-ion batteries -Preparing new lithium-ion for use -State-of-charge reading based on terminal voltage Charging the lead-acid battery - Charging lead-acid batteries with a power supply - State-of-charge reading based on terminal voltage - Battery as a buffer Charging at high and low temperatures - Ultra-fast chargers How to charge-when to charge table
Discharging	BU15 BU16 BU16A	Discharging at high and low temperatures - Pulse discharge Discharge methods - What is C - rate? - Depth of discharge - Discharge currents and load signatures - What constitutes a discharge cycle? Calculating the battery runtime - The Peukert number
Internal resistance	BU17	How does the internal battery resistance affect performance? -Talk-time as a function of internal resistance -Internal resistance as a function of state-of-charge
Intelligent battery	BU18 BU19	The 'smart' battery - The Single Wire Bus - The SMBus - Negatives of the 'smart' battery The battery fuel gauge - The state-of-charge indicator - The target capacity selector
Storing and recycling	BU20 BU21	How to store batteries - Priming new batteries Recycling batteries
Summary Table	BU22	Do and don't battery table

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