INDEX I.21
Voltage delay, lithium / sulfur dioxide primary
batteries, 3.14, 3.22–3.23, 14.27
magnesium batteries, 9.3
Voltage drop, 29.25
Voltage plateau, 29.26
Voltage polarity, reversal of, 28.13
Voltage regulation, 3.16–3.17
spin-dependent reserve batteries and, 19.6
thermal reserve batteries, 21.16–21.17
Voltage reversal, 5.4–5.5
lithium cells and, 14.18
Voltammetry:
cyclic, 2.20–2.24
galvanostatic, 2.24–2.26
Volumetric efficiency vs. energy density, 3.21
Volumetric energy density, 7.13
zinc/ air button batteries, 13.8
VRLA (see Valve-regulated lead acid)
Water-activated reserve batteries, 16.3–16.4,
16.7, 17.1–17.27
dunk-type, 17.5, 17.20–17.21
forced-flow type, 17.4, 17.20
immersion type, 17.3, 17.17
magnesium, 17.1–17.27
Water vapor transfer, 13.17–13.21
Watthour efficiency, 33.20
WCCS (see Wireless crew communicator
system)
Welding, 5.10, 15.13
Wind power, 37.8
Working voltage, 3.2
Zinc, 1.4, 7.5, 8.11
Zinc/ air batteries, 7.7, 38.6–38.30
characteristics, 38.6–38.10
chemistry, 38.4–38.5
discharge performance, 38.19, 38.21–38.23
electric vehicle rechargeable systems, 38.25
gelled-electrolyte, 38.16, 38.18–38.19
hybrid-air/ manganese dioxide, 38.19–38.20
industrial primary, 38.13–38.19
mechanically rechargeable, 38.25–38.30
portable electrically rechargeable, 38.21–
38.26
portable primary, 38.6–38.11
preactivated, 38.13–38.16
water-activated, 38.13–38.16
Zinc/ air button batteries, 13.1–13.21
advantages, 13.2
air-excess hole, 13.5
applications, 13.2
characteristics, 13.1–13.2, 13.6–13.7
chemistry, 13.2–13.3
components, 13.4
construction, 13.3–13.6
disadvantages, 13.2
discharge performance, 13.8–13.9
energy density, 13.8
history, 13.1–13.2
impedance, 13.12
performance characteristics, 13.6–13.21
pulse load performance, 13.13–13.14
service life, 13.17–13.21
sizes, 13.6–13.7
storing, 13.16–13.17
temperature and, 13.14–13.16
voltage, 13.8
voltage-current polarization, 13.9–13.11
water vapor transfer, 13.5
Zinc/ alkaline/ manganese dioxide secondary
batteries, 7.6, 36.1–36.18
advantages, 36.2
bundle (parallel) multicell batteries, 36.11
characteristics, 36.1
charging, 36.2, 36.13–36.17
chemistry, 36.2–36.3
constant-current charging, 36.14
constant-potential charging, 36.13–36.14
construction, 36.4
cycling, 36.6–36.8
disadvantages, 36.2
first cycle discharge, 36.5–36.6
performance, 36.5–36.13
pulse charging, 36.15
shelf life, 36.13
sizes, 36.9–36.11
temperature, 36.11–36.12
types of, 36.17
Zinc anode, 11.4, 12.2–12.3
Zinc/ bromine secondary batteries, 37.18, 39.1–
39.22
advantages, 39.1–39.2
applications, 39.11–39.19
characteristics, 39.1
construction, 39.4–39.5
disadvantages, 39.1–39.2, 39.10
electrochemical system, 39.2–39.4
future, 39.20
history, 39.1
performance, 39.5–39.10
safety and handling, 39.11
service life, 39.10
system properties for SEA designed, 39.11–
39.12