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        "defibrillator battery",
        "ICD battery"
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      "definition": "The primary cell inside most implantable cardioverter-defibrillators: a lithium anode against silver vanadium oxide, Ag₂V₄O₁₁, in a liquid electrolyte. It idles for years at microamperes, then delivers pulses of one to three amperes for seconds to charge the shock capacitor, and its sloping discharge curve lets the device predict replacement. Newer designs blend in CFx for energy.",
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        "discharge-curve",
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        "lede": "Batteries beyond today’s lithium-ion: lead, nickel and primary cells, flow and metal–air batteries, solid-state and lithium-metal cells, and the multivalent and sodium chemistries in development.",
        "context": "Do not carry lithium-ion assumptions into every chemistry.",
        "example": "Two chemistries can meet the same energy target with different voltage windows and charge termination.",
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        "definition": "A cell designed to be discharged once and not recharged, such as an alkaline or lithium–manganese dioxide cell. Its reaction is not reversible in practice, unlike the secondary cells this glossary is mostly about.",
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        "definition": "A primary cell whose positive electrode is fluorinated carbon, CFx. Its theoretical specific energy, about 2,180 Wh/kg, is the highest of the commercial primary chemistries, and self-discharge is very low; under load it delivers around 2.5–2.8 V. It powers medical implants, military and space equipment and long-life sensors, but heats noticeably at high rates.",
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        "definition": "Batteries for devices from infusion pumps and portable monitors to pacemakers. External equipment uses rechargeable packs tested to IEC 62133 and approved as part of the device under IEC 60601-1, built under ISO 13485 with full traceability; implants use hermetic primary cells such as lithium–iodine and lithium–silver vanadium oxide, chosen for years of predictable life.",
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      "id": "term:lithium-iodine-cell",
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        "section": "topic-other-chemistries",
        "definition": "A 2.8 V solid-state primary cell in which a lithium anode meets an iodine–polymer cathode, and the lithium iodide that forms between them is both electrolyte and separator. It supplies only microamperes, but nothing gasses, so it can be sealed hermetically and last a decade or more; it has powered most cardiac pacemakers since the 1970s.",
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        "definition": "The electrode where oxidation happens. On discharge that is the negative electrode; on charge it is the positive one. Battery makers nonetheless call the negative electrode “the anode” at all times, after its role on discharge.",
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          "title": "Check operating direction",
          "text": "During discharge, oxidation makes the negative electrode the anode. During charge, oxidation occurs at the positive electrode. Commercial names often retain the discharge convention."
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        "section": "topic-electrolytes",
        "definition": "The ion-conducting medium between the electrodes. In a liquid-electrolyte cell it fills the pores of both electrodes and the separator, so it is not a separate structural layer.",
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          "title": "Ions and electrons",
          "text": "Electrolyte carries ions between electrodes; the external circuit carries electrons. The two paths serve different roles."
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        "mentions": [
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        "section": "topic-charging",
        "definition": "The plot of terminal voltage against delivered capacity at a given current and temperature. Its shape identifies the chemistry — LFP is flat, NMC slopes — and its area is the delivered energy.",
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        "name": "Capacitor",
        "section": "topic-units",
        "definition": "A component that stores energy as charge on two conducting plates separated by an insulator; its voltage rises in proportion to the charge, unlike a battery’s nearly flat curve. The large DC-link capacitors at an inverter’s input draw a huge inrush current when connected to a pack, which is why a pre-charge circuit fills them first.",
        "formula": "Q = C·V; E = ½·C·V²",
        "unit": "F (farad)",
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          "contactor"
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          "title": "Calculate stored charge and energy",
          "text": "An ideal 100 F capacitor charged to 2 V stores 200 C and 200 J. Doubling voltage quadruples its stored energy when capacitance remains constant."
        },
        "url": "https://lemonergy.com/learn/glossary/capacitor/",
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