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Lead-Acid Batteries

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Over many years, the most common use of the word “battery” was in connection with the rechargeable energy source that was used to start automobiles. These were almost always what are generally called Pb-acid batteries, and were often a source of aggravation. A considerable amount of progress has been made in recent years, so that the SLI (starting-lighting-ignition) batteries now used in autos are actually quite reliable, assuming that they are not abused. Different types of Pb-acid batteries are used for a number of other applications, both mobile and stationary, ranging from quite small to very large, and the greatest fraction of the total battery market world-wide is now based upon this technology.

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Huggins, R.A. (2010). Lead-Acid Batteries. In: Energy Storage. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-1024-0_15

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