Abstract:
Disclosed is a primary dry cell, and particularly a magnesium cell, incorporating a fail-safe vent in the seal closure for the cell container, wherein the seal closure includes an annular insulating cover fitting tightly around the central carbon electrode rod forming a juncture therebetween which is tightly sealed except for a gas-venting passageway formed by complementary portions of the cover and carbon electrode rod. During normal operation of the cell, the gas-venting passageway is closed by a normally solid fusible sealant material. The sealant has a softening or melting point which substantially corresponds to some critical high internal cell temperature at which it is necessary to vent gas from inside the cell.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a primary dry cell comprising a zinc anode, a cathode depolarizer mix cake containing manganese dioxide and a conductive material, and a separator interposed between the anode and cathode depolarizer mix cake, the cathode depolarizer mix cake being wetted with an inner electrolyte consisting essentially of an aqueous solution containing a metallic salt of a halogen-containing acid especially, though not exclusively, a zinc salt such as zinc chloride, the inner electrolyte constituting from about 60 to 71 percent by volume of the total cathode depolarizer mix cake.