Part One - Basics every battery user should know

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Facts about batteries	Sharing battery knowledge When was the battery invented?
Battery chemistries	What's the best battery? The nickel-based battery, its dominance and the future - The nickel-cadmium battery - The nickel-metal-hydride battery Is lithium-ion the ideal battery? - The lithium-ion battery - The lithium polymer battery - Lithium content for purpose of shipment Can the lead-acid battery compete in modern times? Will the reusable alkaline battery have a future? What's the role of the supercapacitor?
Packaging and safety	Battery packaging - a look at old and new systems - The cylindrical cell - The button cell - The prismatic cell - The pouch cell - Battery packs for portable devices Safety circuits for modern batteries Serial and parallel battery configurations - Singe cell applications - Serial connection - Parallel connection - Serial/parallel connection - Charging and discharging lithium-ion batteries - Household batteries
Charging	Charging nickel-based batteries - Charging nickel-cadmium -Charging nickel-metal-hydride Charging lithium-ion batteries -Preparing new lithium-ion for use -State-of-charge reading based on terminal voltage Charging the lead-acid battery - Charging lead-acid batteries with a power supply - State-of-charge reading based on terminal voltage - Battery as a buffer Charging at high and low temperatures - Ultra-fast chargers How to charge-when to charge table
Discharging	Discharging at high and low temperatures - Pulse discharge Discharge methods - What is C - rate? - Depth of discharge - What constitutes a discharge cycle? Calculating the battery runtime - The Peukert number
Internal resistance	How does the internal battery resistance affect performance?
Intelligent battery	The 'smart' battery - The Single Wire Bus - The SMBus - Negatives of the 'smart' battery The battery fuel gauge - The state-of-charge indicator - The target capacity selector
Storing and recycling	How to store batteries - Priming new batteries Recycling batteries
Summary Table	Do and don't battery table