The alkaline battery gets its name because it has an alkaline electrolyte of potassium hydroxide, instead of the acidic ammonium chloride or zinc chloride electrolyte of the zinc-carbon batteries.
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Common names are conventional rather than uniquely descriptive; for example, a cell despite being referred to as a " silver [ oxide ] cell " rather than " alkaline ", actually has an alkaline electrolyte.
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Charles Pollak ( born Karol Pollak ), a producer of accumulators, found out that the oxide layer on an aluminum anode remained stable in a neutral or alkaline electrolyte, even when the power was switched off.
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Charles Pollak ( born Karol Pollak ), the inventor of the first electrolytic capacitors, found out that the oxide layer on an aluminum anode remained stable in a neutral or alkaline electrolyte, even when the power was switched off.
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The letter " L " indicates the electrochemical system used : a zinc negative electrode, manganese dioxide depolarizer and positive electrode, and an alkaline electrolyte . " R44 " indicates a cylindrical ( " round " ) cell 11.4?.2 mm diameter and 5.2?.2 mm height.
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In 1896 he filed a patent for an " Electric liquid capacitor with aluminum electrodes " ( de : " Elektrischer Fl�ssigkeitskondensator mit Aluminiumelektroden " ) based on his idea of using the oxide layer in a polarized capacitor in combination with a neutral or slightly alkaline electrolyte.
