How Do Nickel Cadmium Batteries Work?
The Basics of Batteries Regardless of the design, all batteries work by creating electric current through the movement of charged particles between two electrodes, the cathode and anode. The differences between battery designs are in the electrochemistry of the design: what the cathode, anode and the electrolyte medium between them are made of and what is the charged particle migrating in the battery. Nickel Cadmium Electrochemistry jQuery(document).ready(function(){ jQuery(‘#jsArticleStep1 span.image a:first’).attr(‘href’,’http://i.ehow.com/images/a04/l3/v0/nickel-cadmium-batteries-work-2.1-800X800.jpg’); }); A nickel-cadmium battery for an electric car. This battery design, which is very common for alkaline batteries, uses nickel oxide hydroxide and metallic cadmium as the cathode and anode. The are separated by a non-conductive plate to prevent a short circuit, and the electrolyte medium is potassium hydroxide. When not being charged or put into use, these batteries naturally lose t
