[ARC5] Batteries That Do Not Corrode?

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Sounds like "carbon-zinc" and "zinc-chloride" may be essentially the same type, according to The Great Google.  
In the familiar carbon-zinc cell the carbon rod was only an electron collector terminal for manganese dioxide or another chemical that provided the cathode action. The zinc was the anode material.  So a "zinc-chloride" battery is just advertising the chemical used in a zinc and carbon cell design.

 

 Wayne
WB4OGM

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Bill Cromwell <wrcromwell at gmail.com>
To: arc5 <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sat, Jun 9, 2018 5:21 pm
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Batteries That Do Not Corrode?

Those old ones were carbon-zinc.

73,

Bill  KU8H

On 06/09/2018 07:05 PM, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
> I thought zinc chloride was the type used before "alkaline" cells, the
> old "heavy duty" type.  They can corrode and leak pretty effectively.
>
> Peter
> kb2vtl
>
> On 6/9/2018 7:01 PM, Robert Eleazer wrote:
>> I just stopped by the  local Harbor Freight and bought a pack of 24 AA
>> and 24 AAA for $3 each. They say they are "Zinc chloride."  Whathell
>> is zinc chloride?  And do they corrode as bad as the alkalines?  I
>> guess I will find out.
>> Wayne
>> WB5WSV
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