Battery's Using Sulpuric Acid as Chemical..???

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amreensheik Participant Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 2	Battery's Using Sulpuric Acid as Chemical..??? 03/13/2012 1:21 PM
	Hai evryone I had seen in my company they are charging the battery, i seen they are filling sulphuric acid inside the battery's... i heard they are lead-acid battery's.... i dnt knw why they are filling sulphuric acid inside the batteries..... psl some one clarify this...??? what type of battery's which chemical are used...???
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ozzb Guru Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Rosedale, Maryland USA Posts: 5197 Good Answers: 266	#1 Re: Battery's using sulpuric acid as chemical..??? 03/13/2012 1:27 PM
	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93acid_battery __________________ Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving in a pretty, pristine body but rather to come sliding in sideways, all used up and exclaiming, "Wow, what a ride!"
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Mikerho Guru Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Moses Lake, WA, USA, Thulcandra - The Silent Planet (C.S. Lewis) Posts: 4216 Good Answers: 194	#2 Re: Battery's using sulpuric acid as chemical..??? 03/13/2012 1:29 PM
	Yes, sulfuric acid is used in lead-acid batteries. These types of batteries are used in autos and electric forklifts. To know if and how much acid to add you must first determine the specific gravity with a hydrometer. *Did they do this first step?* I don't know if we have ever had to add acid to our forklift batteries here. We keep them filled with distilled water. __________________ "Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone." - Ayn Rand
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TonyS Guru Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Resting under the Major Oak Posts: 4347 Good Answers: 181	#3 Re: Battery's using sulpuric acid as chemical..??? 03/13/2012 2:27 PM
	Once a battery has been first filled it should never need more acid. Are you sure their not adding distilled water? __________________ The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
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Anonymous Poster #1	#6 In reply to #3 Re: Battery's using sulpuric acid as chemical..??? 03/14/2012 3:36 AM
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JRaef Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California, USA, where the Godless live next door to God. Posts: 4665 Good Answers: 804	#8 In reply to #6 Re: Battery's using sulpuric acid as chemical..??? 03/16/2012 10:47 AM
	their they're What? Spell Check is wrong? __________________ All I every really wanted to be, was... A LUMBERJACK!.
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JRaef Guru Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: California, USA, where the Godless live next door to God. Posts: 4665 Good Answers: 804	#4 Re: Battery's using sulpuric acid as chemical..??? 03/13/2012 4:52 PM
	"i heard they are lead-acid battery's.... i dnt knw why they are filling sulphuric acid inside the batteries" So what part of "lead-*ACID"* is unclear here? Most likely what you witnessed was the initial charging of the batteries. Sulphuric Acid is added, then distilled water to make the correct Specific Gravity, then it is charged. __________________ All I every really wanted to be, was... A LUMBERJACK!.
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Sapper Power-User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Sydney Australia Posts: 480 Good Answers: 35	#5 In reply to #4 Re: Battery's using sulphuric acid as chemical..??? 03/13/2012 11:49 PM
	Was going to reply in the same line... Acid is only added for the first charge when the batteries are shipped dry to preserve their shelf / storage life, also easier safer shipping. After that point, only every need to add Distilled Water. Regards, Sapper __________________ It's all about the Boom! - MythBusters
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pnaban Guru Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: srilanka Posts: 2725 Good Answers: 5	#7 Re: Battery's Using Sulpuric Acid as Chemical..??? 03/14/2012 11:32 PM
	For each kind of battery(Lead/Acid,Nickel/Cadmium,Lithium/ion,MH etc) a chemical is needed to conduct electricity from one plate(electrode) to another and the selection depends on the materials used for plates. __________________ pnaban
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