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AlexFokin [52]
3 years ago
7

Why is it called alkaline battery?

Chemistry
1 answer:
Delicious77 [7]3 years ago
5 0
Alkaline battery are a type of primary battery dependent upon the reaction between zinc metal and manganese dioxide.
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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