Rapid Quenching of Liquid Lead Base Alloys for High Performance Storage Battery Applications

The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of alloying and rapid solidification processing in direct structural control in lead base batteries. A detailed investigation on rapid quenching of liquid lead base alloys for high performance storage battery applications was made in order to choose suitable lead grid alloys for lead acid batteries as melt-spun ribbons. So this paper provides a comprehensive review of the physical metallurgy and mechanical properties of the melt-spun ordered alloy based on Pb, Egyptian grid battery, Germany grid battery, Pb13.1wt.%Sb, Pb-13.1wt.%Sb-6.9wt.%Sn, Pb-13.1wt.%Sb5.9wt.%Sn-1wt.%Ca, Pb-13.1wt.%Sb-4.9wt.%Sn-1wt.%Ca1wt.%Al, Pb-1wt.%Ca and Pb-0.5wt.%Sn-0.1wt.%Ca for storage battery applications. The results indicate that the composition of alloys plays an important role on grid batteries performed. It is found that Pb-0.5wt.%Sn0.1wt.%Ca can be used to make the grids used for ribbon grid lead-acid batteries. Index Term— Rapid quenching , Lead battery grids, Resistivity, Elastic Moduli, Internal Friction, Thermal Diffusivit , X-Ray diffraction, Pb-Ca-Sn alloys.