15 Aug
2011
15 Aug
'11
7:26 a.m.
On 8/14/11 6:11 PM, Anthony Monteiro wrote:
Yes, Zinc dendrites will form also if the battery is overcharged but we should not be able to do that on ARISSat-1 so only the silver ones should be an issue.
Oh, so they form on both plates. Interesting. Charging the battery plates out zinc metal on the negative plates, but any metallic silver on the positive plates should be oxidized back to silver oxide. Silver dendrites should form only during discharge, right?
-Phil