What is a NiMH (Nickle Metal Hydride) battery?
NiCd reigned supreme for quite a while. Then, NiMH came along. NiMH stands for nickel-metal hydride and was created in 1989 by Masahiko Oshitani, who worked for GS Yuasa Company. The NiMH battery was designed from a nickel/hydrogen hybrid battery and proved to be a powerful battery in its own like, quickly replacing the NiCd for various reasons. The NiMH battery is used for a variety of devices, including small electronics. NiMH Superiority When NiMH batteries came into the mainstream, people began to realize that the newer NiMH battery far exceeded that of the older NiCd. Furthermore, the NiCd was also much safer then the cadmium-based battery and did not fall victim to the memory effect that was such a staple of the NiCd batteries. In short, the NiMH battery is superior to the NiCd battery.
