Battery manganese

K. V. Kordesch, ed.. Batteries, Manganese Dioxide, Vol. 1, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1974. 

Carbon-Zinc Batteries Manganese Oxides Metal-Air Batteries... 

Primary battery Manganese dry cell Metallic lithium battery... 

There are approximately 250 known manganese minerals. The primary ores which typically have a Mn content >35%, usually occur as oxides or hydrated oxides, or to a lesser extent as siUcates or carbonates. Table 5 Hsts the manganese-containing minerals of economic significance (10). Battery-grade manganese dioxide ores are composed predominately of nsutite, cryptomelane, and todorokite. 

Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide. The anodic oxidation of an Mn(II) salt to manganese dioxide dates back to 1830, but the usefuhiess of electrolyticaHy prepared manganese dioxide for battery purposes was not recognized until 1918 (69). Initial use of electrolytic manganese dioxide (EAfD) for battery use was ia Japan (70) where usage continues. 

The United States consumption of manganese is distributed between three industries iron and steelmaking, where 88% of the Mn is consumed the manufacture of batteries, where 7% is used and chemical usage, which accounts for the remaining 5%. United States manganese demand is shown in Figure 12. 

Fig. 12. United States manganese consumption where ( ) represents total U.S. demand, (x ) battery consumption, and (Q) chemicals (160).

The most significant nonferrous use of manganese compounds is for primary batteries, where manganese dioxide is the principal constituent of the cathode mix. In the standard Leclanchn ceU, 2inc and ammonium chloride are mixed to form the electrolyte, a mixture of carbon and MnO forms the cathode, and 2inc acts as the anode (221). The principal ceU reaction is as foUows ... 

The cathode mix for a Leclanchn primary battery consists of 50—60% manganese dioxide ore, 5—10% acetylene black, 10—20% ammonium chloride, and 3—12% 2inc chloride. The remainder is water (see Batteries, primary cells). 

D. Glover, B. Schumm, Jr., and A. Ko2awa, eds.. Handbook of Manganese Dioxides—Battery Grade, International Battery Material Association (IBBA, Inc.), Bmnswick, Ohio, 1989. 

Fig. 1. Schematic representation of a battery system also known as an electrochemical transducer where the anode, also known as electron state 1, may be comprised of lithium, magnesium, zinc, cadmium, lead, or hydrogen, and the cathode, or electron state 11, depending on the composition of the anode, may be lead dioxide, manganese dioxide, nickel oxide, iron disulfide, oxygen, silver oxide, or iodine.

Cell Chemistry. Work on the mechanism of the carbon—2inc cell has been summari2ed (4), but the dynamics of this system are not entirely understood. The electrochemical behavior of electrolytic (FMD), chemical (CMD), and natural (NMD) manganese dioxide is slightly different. Battery-grade NMD is most commonly in the form of the mineral nsutite [12032-72-3] xMn02, which is a stmctural intergrowth of the minerals... 

Fig. 5. Cutaway view of typical R20 or "D"-size alkaline manganese battery showing components and the coiiesponding materials of constmction (8).

Cathode Reaction. There are many different types of manganese dioxide (18), having varying activity in batteries. The only type suitable for alkaline batteries is y-Mn02, the mineral form of which is nsutite. The chemical composition of has been described (19) by the general formula... 

Fig. 6. Alkaline—manganese battery operating voltage as a function of remaining capacity (21).

Performance. Alkaline manganese-dioxide batteries have relatively high energy density, as can be seen from Table 2. This results in part from the use of highly pure materials, formed into electrodes of near optimum density. Moreover, the cells are able to function well with a rather small amount of electrolyte. The result is a cell having relatively high capacity at a fairly reasonable cost. 

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