At 23:06 21/08/99 +1200, you wrote:
>Several times higher according to my tables for an equivalent sized
>battery.
>
>RM
>
>+AD4APg-Q.:     Zinc Air cells have superb energy densities - about twice
that of
>+AD4APg-Alkaline.Good for spacecraft?
>+AD4APg-A        :-(  - No
>+AD4APg-
>+AD4-
>+AD4-Zinc air with more energy densities than alkaline, I don't think
so+ACE- The
>+AD4-good thing about these cells is that they have a very long shelf life,
>just
>+AD4-pull the plug when you need them.
>+AD4-
>+AD4-Dennis
>+AD4-
>
>

I had better double check, last time I looked a alkaline cell (D) contained
22AH whereas an equivalent scaled zinc air has 28, but a very low discharge
rate and a high internal impedance.


Dennis