Specialist battery terms German-English (Glossary)

In case of doubt, the specialist terms from the field of electrical engineering are meant, 'Battery' for example refers to an electrochemical energy store and should not be understood in the military sense.

Akku - accumulator, rechargeable battery
Akkumulator - accumulator, rechargeable battery
Akkumulatorladung - accumulator charge
Aktivkohle - activated carbon, activated charcoal
Alkali-Mangan-Zelle - alkaline manganese cell
alkalisch - basic, alkaline
Alkalität - alkalinity
Aluminium - aluminium (brit.), aluminum (amerik.)
Ampere - ampere (auch: amp; im Plural: amps)
Anode - anode
Anodenschlamm - anode mud
Antriebsbatterie - traction battery
assemblieren - to assembly
ätzend - caustic
aufladen - to charge
auflösen - to dissolve (in Lösung bringen)
Ausfall - malfunction, failure, breakdown

Batterie - battery, main battery, storage battery
Batterieladung - battery charge
Batterie-gepuffert - battery backed
Bauform - design
Blei - lead
Bleiakkumulator - lead(-acid) accumulator
Bleidioxid - lead dioxide
Bleischwamm - spongy lead
Bor - boron
Bor- - boric, boracic
Braunstein - brownstone, manganese ore
Brennstoffzelle - fuel cell
Brom - bromine

Cadmium - cadmium
chemisch - chemical
Cobalt - cobalt

Dichte - density
dissoziieren - to dissociate

Eisen - iron
Eisen(II)- - ferrous
Eisen(III)- - ferric
Eisensulfid - iron sulfide
elektrisch - electric, electrical
Elektrizität - electricity
elektrochemisch - electrochemical
Elektrode - electrode
Elektrodenabstand - electrode clearance
Elektrolyt - electrolyte
Elektron - electron
elektronisch - electronic
elektrostatisch - electrostatic
Elektrotechnik - electrical engineering, electro-technics
Energie - energy
Energiebilanz - energy balance
Energiedichte - energy density
entladen - to discharge
Entladekurve - discharge curve
Entladestrom - discharge current
Entladung - discharge

Fabrikation - manufacture, fabrication
Fachbegriff - technical term
Folie - foil, film

gasdicht - gas proof, gas tight, gastight, gas-tight, gas-proof
Geliermittel - gelling agent
Gewichtseinheit - unit of weight
giftig - poisonous
Glasfaser - fiber glass, fibre glass, glass fiber, glass fibre
Gleichrichter - rectifier
Gleichstrom - direct current, DC
Graphit - graphite

Halbzelle - half cell
Herzschrittmacher - cardiac pacemaker, heart pacemaker
Hydrid - hydride

Impulse - pulse
Ion - ion
ionisch - ionic
ionisieren - to ionise, to ionize
ionenleitendes Medium - ion-conducting medium
Isolator - isolator, insulator
Ist-Spannung - working voltage

Jod - iodine

Kalilauge - caustic potash (solution)
Kapazität - capacity, size
Katalysator - catalyst
Katalyse - catalysis
katalytisch - catalytic
Kathode - cathode
Kation - cation
Kenndaten - characteristics
Klemmenspannung - terminal voltage, open circuit voltage (Abk.: ocv)
Knopfzelle - button cell, coin cell
Kobalt - cobalt
Kochsalz - common salt
Kohlendioxid - carbon dioxide
Kohlenstoff - carbon
Kondensator - capacitor
Konfektionierung - packaging, packing
Korrosion - corrosion
Kraftwerk - (power) plant
Kristallgitter - (crystal) lattice
Kupfer - copper

Ladegerät - (battery) charger
laden - to charge
Ladestation - charging station
Ladestrom - charging current
Ladezustand - charge state, state of charge (Abk.: soc)
Last (elektr. Verbraucher) - load
Lebensdauer - durability, life cycle, lifetime
Leerlaufspannung - terminal voltage, open circuit voltage (Abk.: ocv)
Legierung - alloy
Leistung - power
Leistungsdichte - power density
Leiter - conductor
Lithium - lithium
Lithium-Batterie - lithium battery
Lithium-Mangan-Zelle - lithium-manganese cell
Lithium-Verbindung - lithium compound
luftdurchlässig - permeable to air

Magnesium - magnesium
Mangan - manganese
Massenfabrikation - mass production
Massenherstellung - mass production
Memory-Effekt - memory effect
Metallhydrid - metal hydride
metallisch - metallic
Montage - assembling, assembly
montieren - to assembly

Natrium - sodium
Natronlauge - caustic soda (solution), sodium hydroxide (solution)
negative Elektrode - negative electrode, cathode
Nennspannung - nominal voltage
Nichtleiter - dielectic
Nickel - nickel
Nickel-Cadmium-Zelle - nickel-cadmium cell (Abk.: nicad cell)
Nickel-Eisen-Batterie - nickel-iron battery
Nickel-Metallhydrid-Zelle - nickel-metal hydride cell
Nickel-Zink-Zelle - nickel-zinc cell
nuklear - nuclear

Oxidation - oxidation

Primärbatterie - primary battery
Pol - pole
Polung - polarity
positive Elektrode - positive electrode, anode
prismatisch - prismatic

Quecksilber - mercury

Reduktion - reduction
rund - rotunde, round

Salzsäure - hydrochloric acid, salt acid
sauer - acid
Sauerstoff - oxygen
Säure - acid
Säuregehalt - acidity
Säuregrad - acidity
Schutzfolie - protection film
Schwefel - sulfur
Schwefelsäure - sulfuric acid
Schweflige Säure - sulfurous acid
Sekundärbatterie - secondary battery
Selbstentladung - self-discharge, spontaneous discharge
Seltene Erden - noble earths
Separator - separator
Sicherung - fuse
Silber - silver
Silberoxid - silver oxide
Silizium - silicone
Soll-Spannung - ideal voltage, should-be voltage, specific voltage
Spannung - voltage
Spannung abnehmen - to pick off voltage
Spannungsabfall - dropping of voltage
Spezifische Energie - specific energy
Stahl - steel
Stahlblech - sheet steel
Starterbatterie - starter battery
Strom - (electric) current
Strombegrenzung - current limiting
Stromkreis - (electric) circuit
Stromleiter - conductor
Stromquelle - current generator, power source
Stromversorgung - (electric) power supply, current supply
Stromverteilung - current distribution

Thermalbatterie - thermal battery
thermische Zersetzung - pyrolysis
thermoelektrisch - thermoelectric
Tiefentladung - deep discharge, total discharge
toxisch - toxic
Toxizität - toxicity
Traktionsbatterie - traction battery
Trockenzelle - dry cell

überladen - to overcharge
Übersetzung - translation
unterbrechungsfreie Stromversorgung (Abk.: USV) - uninterruptible power supply
USV - UPS

Verbraucher (elektrischer ~) - load
Vlies - fleece, mat
Volt - volt (plural: volts)
Volumen - volume

Wartung - attendance, maintenance
Wasserstoff - hydrogen
wässrige Lösung - aqueous solution
Wechselstrom - alternating current, AC
Widerstand (elektrisch) - resistance, resistor (Bauteil)
wiederaufladbar - rechargeable
wiederaufladen - to recharge

Zelle - cell
Zersetzung - corrosion; thermische ~ - pyrolysis, decomposition
Zink - zinc
Zink-Kohle-Zelle - zinc-carbon cell
Zink-Luft-Batterie - zinc air battery
Zinn - stannous
Zyklus - cycle, loop
zylindrisch - cylindrical

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	See also:
		Glossary overview Battery terms English-German (Glossary)

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