Handbook of Batteries | 
 enlarge | Creator: David Linden
Publisher: Mcgraw-Hill (Tx)
Category: Book
Buy Used: $175.56
Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 1438591
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 2nd
Pages: 1216
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.2
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 7.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0070379211
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.31242
EAN: 9780070379213
ASIN: 0070379211
Publication Date: January 1, 1995
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Book Description
Written by leading experts in battery technology, this edition of this definitive handbook provides engineers and technicians with detailed data and information on the characteristics, properties, performance, and uses of all types of electric batteries. Included are batteries for everything from small portable consumer items to electric vehicles and military and industrial equipment. The second edition presents revised data, tables, and figures to cover the vast improvements in battery performance in recent years--and also explores new battery technologies, such as lithium primary and rechargeable batteries.
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 The most comprehensive battery almanac ever January 4, 2007
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
I bought this book because I had an assignment at work that required me to learn every possible thing about lithium ion batteries. I consulted general interest encyclopedias, battery experts at universities, and various online sources, but none of the above provided the comprehensive, unbiased information that Handbook of Batteries promised. It includes useful comparison charts and historical information about the development of single-use and secondary batteries, from the clunky short-lived lead-acid battery of the 1800s to the fuel cells of today. The language is surprisingly easy to understand for the lay person.
The downsides are that it weighs a ton and that the pages are so dense that you might as well be reading a dictionary cover to cover--a dictionary that's all about batteries.
THE Authoritative Book on Batteries February 26, 2003
23 out of 23 found this review helpful
As a battery engineer, I've found this handbook the single most useful technical reference in battery design, application, and troubleshooting. The chapters are divided by battery chemistry, and each is written by an expert in the field. Most chapters include detailed technical descriptions of chemistry, electrical characteristics, construction details, applications, and pros/cons charts. The 3rd edition features significant changes, including updates to older sections as well as new sections on progress in advanced battery systems, and an immense new section on lithium-ion batteries. My only complaint is the lack of uniformity across chapters in terms of informational content and format. This can make comparison of battery technologies difficult. Some chapters go into too much technical detail, while some others leave out critical considerations. These are relatively minor quibbles, however, and do not make the Handbook any less valuable to anyone dealing with batteries or other energy storage systems.
Handbook of Batteries February 13, 2000
2 out of 29 found this review helpful
a very good book on tips of batteries. if i had never even read it, i would have died of an electrical shock my sister almost gave me.Read this book, it could save your life.
i'm an electrical power engineer September 13, 1999
2 out of 43 found this review helpful
electricity and machines , generators and so on.
Great source to defend against Internet misinformation. May 14, 1999
21 out of 22 found this review helpful
I got this book when it was published in 1995, and have used it at least twice a year just using NiCd batteries. There are many times I read something on the Internet that is simply wrong according to this book. I have used NiCd batteries that I would have otherwise thrown away because the information in this book told me that they were not irreparably damaged.
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