EFFECT OF HIGH PRESSURE ON VOLTAGE AND CURRENT OUTPUT OF SILVER OXIDE-ZINC AND MERCURY OXIDE-ZINC MINIATURE BATTERIES

This study shows that silver oxide batteries may be efficiently used as a power source under high pressures (such as at the bottom of the ocean or in other geophysical applications), whereas mercury oxide batteries suffer from diffusion and overvoltage effects in similar circumstances. Additionally, both types of batteries studied might be utilized as pressure sensors since the emf are regular and predictable at elevated pressures.