Single-use batteries and the first electrochemical cells, including the voltaic pile, the Daniell cell, zinc-carbon, alkaline and silver oxide cells. A technology belongs here when its cited article calls it a primary or disposable battery or a pioneering cell. It excludes rechargeable batteries. These cells start the history of the battery and include the everyday throwaway cells that followed, which are not meant to be recharged. A technology is placed here when the cited article calls it a primary or disposable cell or describes one of the first batteries.
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Silver oxide battery (Wikipedia)
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A silver oxide battery (IEC code: S) is a primary cell using silver oxide as the cathode material and zinc for the anode.
Wikipedia: Alkaline battery
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An alkaline battery (IEC code: L) is a type of primary battery where the electrolyte (most commonly potassium hydroxide) has a pH value above 7.
Wikipedia: Zinc-carbon battery
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A zinc-carbon battery (or carbon zinc battery) is a generic disposable battery.
Wikipedia: Voltaic pile
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The voltaic pile was the first electrical battery that could continuously provide an electric current to a circuit.
Wikipedia: Daniell cell
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The Daniell cell is a type of electrochemical cell invented in 1836 by John Frederic Daniell, a British chemist and meteorologist, and consists of a copper pot filled with a copper (II) sulfate solution, in which is immersed an unglazed earthenware container filled with sulfuric acid and a zinc electrode.
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