Lead Acid Battery

Nickel Cadmium Battery

Aircraft Battery

24V

Positive Plate

Lead Peroxide

Nickel Hydroxide

Negative
Plate

Spongy Lead

Cadmium

Electrolyte

Sulphuric Acid

Potassium Hydroxide

Neutralised by

Sodium Bicarbonate

Boric acid

Electrode

Product
formed at
Positive Plate
Product
formed at
Negative
Plate

Charged

Lead Oxide

Discharged

Lead Sulphate

Charged

Lead

Cadmium

Discharged

Lead Sulphate

Cadmium Hydroxide

Charged
Electrolyte
Discharged
Water
Content

Charged
Discharged

Cell Voltage

Charged

Nickel Hydroxide

Volume increases
(Concentrated Sulphuric Acid)
Volume decreases
(Weak Sulphuric Acid)

Level increases
Level decreases

Volume decreases
Volume increases
2 V (Nominal)

1.25 V (Nominal)

Discharged
OCV
CCV
Relative
Density

Charged
Discharged

1.8 V

1.1 V

28.5 V
24 V

25.6 V 27 V
Not mentioned

1.26
1.15

1.24 1.3