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Growth of expanded antimonial lead alloy battery grids

Journal Article · · Journal of the Electrochemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1149/1.2044265· OSTI ID:99602
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  1. Cominco Limited, Mississauga, Ontario (Canada). Product Technology Centre
The creep strength of battery grids, expanded from drum-cast low-antimony lead alloy tip, wa varied by heat-treatments at several temperature. Grid growth following potentiostatic corrosion was found to be highly anisotropic. In spite of an increase in length, there wa a decrease in width. A theoretical analysis indicated that growth of expanded grids consisted of two components: an increase in the wire length (wire elongation), and a change in the grid shape (grid shear). The rate of the wire elongation is the corrosion test was found to be inversely related to the grid creep strength, and the deformation mechanism was identified as power-law creep. It is shown that, in order to meaningfully compare grid growths, the geometrical environment of grid test samples must be carefully controlled.
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
OSTI ID:
99602
Journal Information:
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the Electrochemical Society Journal Issue: 7 Vol. 142; ISSN 0013-4651; ISSN JESOAN
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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