Dr Mike McDonagh explains the chemical and physical processes involved in forming lead dioxide and pure lead in lead-acid battery plates.

Beveridge and Denbigh 1 have directed attention to the development of a concentric shell of zinc oxide when a compressed sphere of zinc sulphide powder was oxidized in air at 1,250° C. This shell was ...

The lead-acid car battery industry can boast of a statistic that would make a circular-economy advocate in any other sector jealous: More than 99% of battery lead in the U.S. is recycled back into ...

Lead–acid batteries remain a cornerstone of energy storage, valued for their robustness, recyclability and cost‐effectiveness. Recent advancements have focused on enhancing the cycle life and ...

Despite a lot of advances in battery technology, lead acid batteries are still used in many applications due to cost and their ability to provide a lot of surge current. But they don’t last forever.

Chemists in Italy have proposed a reason why sulfate-rich lead chromate dyes, used widely in paintings, degrade under light. Lead chromate dyes were a staple tool that Vincent van Gogh used widely in ...