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The alkaline-manganese battery represents a major advance in portable power sources over the standard carbon-zinc battery, meeting the growing need for a high-rate source of electrical energy. (Alkaline-manganese dry cells did not prove to be commercially practicable until about 1960).
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© 1982 T. R. Crompton
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Crompton, T.R. (1982). Alkaline — Manganese Batteries. In: Small Batteries. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-06319-2_3
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