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nickel metal hydride
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nickel metal hydride
(NiMH) A rechargeable battery technology that has approximately 30-50% more charge per pound than nickel cadmium. Introduced in the early 1990s, it uses nickel and metal hydride plates with potassium hydroxide as the electrolyte. NiMH batteries do not suffer quite as much from the "memory effect" as do nickel cadmium batteries, but still require complete discharges in order to obtain the most efficiency and longest life. See batteries and nickel cadmium.


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said Monday it will supply its nickel-metal hydride battery systems for the PSA Peugeot Citroen group's diesel-electric hybrid cars.
The replacement of the nickel-metal hydride battery with a lithium-ion unit gives us increased electrical power that will enable us to use the hybrid system in a wide range of global powertrains, including downsized turbo engines, biofuel engines, and diesels," says Dan Hancock, v.
A rechargeable alternative is the nickel-metal hydride battery, NSN 6140-01-467-3225.
 
 
 
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