The present application provides a secondary battery and an electrical apparatus containing the same. The secondary battery includes a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet, a separator disposed between the positive electrode sheet and the negative electrode sheet, and an electrolyte solution, wherein the separator includes a substrate and an inorganic and/or organic particle layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate, and the separator further includes an acid scavenging additive located among the inorganic and/or organic particles of the inorganic and/or organic particle layer or located in a form of a separate layer between the substrate and the inorganic and/or organic particle layer, wherein the maximum dissolution amount of the acid scavenging additive in the electrolyte solution at 25° C. is less than 1% by mass relative to the mass of the electrolyte solution.