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    From Rich D@rdelaney2001@gmail.com to sci.electronics.misc on Mon Feb 14 18:55:44 2022
    From Newsgroup: sci.electronics.misc

    A battery consists of two metals brought into contact.
    Somehow, they form an anode/cathode electric potential.
    That's the extent of my battery chemistry.

    So:
    NiCd - nickel and cadmium
    carbon zinc - zinc and carbon

    Then:

    alkaline - alkaline is a metal? Works alone, no pair partner necessary? mercury - ?
    NiMH - nickel and metal hydride. er, is M a specific element,
    or will any metal do?
    Li ion - ion is a metal?
    lead acid - acid is a metal?
    silver oxide - oxide is a metal?
    zinc air - air is a metal?


    Who invents these names?

    --
    Rich
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