EVALUATION OF OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE AND CORROSION RATE IN MAGNESIUM N-HALOGEN ORGANIC CELLS/

Magnesium/N-halogen organic cell systems are considered attractive amo ng the family of primary battery devices due to their higher cell volt age (> 2.45 V) in aqueous electrolyte and also to the fact that they a re pollution-free. The corrosion rates of the anodes have been calcula ted and the trend obtained with respect to the chosen N-halogen organi c compounds is as follows: N,N-dichlorodimethylhydantoin (DDH) > trich loroisocyanuric acid (TCIA) > dichlorosocyanuric acid (DCIA) > trichlo romelamine (TCM). These results are qualitatively supported by scannin g electron microscopy measurements.