Quantitative x-ray diffraction analysis of α-PbO/β-PbO in lead-acid battery primary oxide

✍ Scribed by Robert Stillman; Robert Robins; Maria Skyllas-Kazacos

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1984
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 515 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0378-7753
• DOI: 10.1016/0378-7753(84)80001-4

✦ Synopsis

The quantitative X-ray powder diffraction technique has been adapted for the analysis of the lead oxide used in the manufacture of lead-acid batteries. Such oxide, containing free lead and two polymorphs of lead oxide (cu-PbO, P-PbO) is the primary component used for the manufacture of positive plate paste in the lead/acid battery. The method described determines quantitatively the cx-PbO and P-PbO crystalline phases using an internal standard technique, thus enabling battery manufacturers to monitor changes in the composition of their oxides with variations in operating conditions of &e process.