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Polarization of Li/SOCl sub 2 cells

Delnick, F.M.; Guilinger, T.R.; Stevenson, J.O.

We describe the relationship between constant resistive load, constant current, and constant voltage discharges of electrochemical cells using the concept of the polarization curve. This concept is demonstrated under constraints for a prismatic Li/SOCl{sub 2} laboratory cell. We show that each of these discharges yields the same information about the electrochemical couple which drives the cell. 8 figs.