First Year Testing of Prototype Magnesium/Manganese Dioxide BA-4590/U battery.

Abstract

A prototype magnesium/manganese dioxide battery, the BA-4590/U, was developed as a training battery replacement for the costly lithium BA-5590/U. At room temperature (21.1 deg C) the magnesium battery is cost-effective at 1.50 amperes and below. During continuous usage, delivered capacity of the lithium BA-5590/U exceeded that of the magnesium battery by at least 62 percent. Under SINCGARS radio simulation testing, delivered capacity of the lithium battery exceeded that of the magnesium battery by at least 300 percent.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jun 01, 1992
Accession Number
ADA255503

Entities

People

  • Louis P. Jarvis

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Buffers (Chemistry)
  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Corrosion
  • Dielectric Gases
  • Lithium Batteries
  • Magnesium
  • Magnesium Batteries
  • Magnesium Hydroxide
  • Manganese
  • Materials
  • Prototypes
  • Regression Analysis
  • Simulations
  • Standards
  • Storage

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  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Radio communications and signal processing.