Batteries
Batteries: Overview
This Topic covers sub-topics such as Electrical Batteries, Dry Cell, Lead Storage Battery, Nickel-Cadmium Storage Cell, Charging of Lead Storage Battery and, Discharging of Lead Storage Battery
Important Questions on Batteries

The anode reaction which is taking place in nickel- cadmium battery can be represented by which of the following equation?



While charging the lead storage battery ______.


Write electrode reactions and overall cell reaction when lead accumulator behaves as an electrolytic cell.

Write electrode reactions and overall cell reaction during the operation of lead storage cell.


Explain the charging process of lead storage battery with chemical reactions.

Write the chemistry of recharging the lead storage battery, highlighting all the materials that are involved during recharging.

A lead storage battery consists of a lead anode and a grid of lead packed with lead dioxide as the cathode. The electrolyte taken is 39% by mass having a density of The battery holds 3.5 L of the acid. During the discharge of the battery, the density falls from to which is 20% by mass.
Moles of sulphuric acid lost during discharge is:

Which represents the positive electrode of a nickel-cadmium battery?

Which colourless gas evolves when reacts with zinc in a dry cell battery?

Write the chemistry of recharging the lead storage battery, highlighting all the materials that are involved during recharging.
