2 Nov
2005
2 Nov
'05
3:26 p.m.
On Wednesday 02 November 2005 18:19, Scott Stevens wrote:
But don't lithium batteries contain just lithium,
which is all gone
by the time the battery discharges? An alkaline or carbon-zinc
battery starts oozing as a rule within a few years. The AAA lithium
battery presumably doesn't run the risk of that until at least 2020.
No. A battery with just one metal (or even no electrolyte) wouldn't
work too well.
As proof, I pulled a CR2032 out of a machine today, and it had some
green crust forming on the battery. The batteries were in machines
that were about 10 years old.
Pat
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