> > Why a single AA cell. Do you mean eg Alkaline (Le Clanche) as
> > opposed to Lithium?
>
> Did you mean to indicate "Alkaline OR Le Clanche", as an 'Alkaline'
> cell is certainly *not* a Le Clanche cell ...
>
>   George Lechanche of France developed what turned out to be the
>   forerunner or the world's first widely used battery: the zinc-
>   carbon cell in the 1860's.

No.
In the context I was looking for a single word that would make it clear
enough what I was trying to say, without unnecessarily filling the page with
a reasonably irrelevant discussion of battery chemistries. Mayhaps I could
have said "Zinc Anode chemistry" or some such but even that would have been
confusing (and it still would have included eg Mecuric Oxide / Zinc cells).

For those who feel inclined to benefit from this interesting digression,
here's a fairly good discussion of the Zinc / Alkaline / Manganese Dioxide
(with added carbon)(which takes it back towards Le Clanche) technology
cells, from the company that first commercialised them sucessfully.


        http://www.duracell.com/oem/Primary/Alkaline/





        Russell McMahon

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