What is a Nickel-Cadmium storage cell?

The nickel-cadmium battery is a type of a secondary storage cell.

A Battery is a device consisting of one or more electrical cells that convert chemical energy into electrical energy. There are mainly two types of battery which are given below:

• Primary cell
• Secondary cell

The Nickel-Cadmium Battery

The nickel-cadmium battery also referred to as the ‘NiCad’ battery is a kind of rechargeable battery that uses metallic cadmium and nickel oxide hydroxide as the electrodes o the battery. The NiCad battery is known to offer varying discharge rates that are dependent on the size of the battery itself.

Features of  NiCad battery

The key features of the NiCad battery are listed below.

• The nickel-cadmium battery highlights a very fast and even discharge of electrical energy.
• This type of battery is generally available and is also known to be comparatively inexpensive.
• The NiCad battery can most ordinarily be found in certain toys and small electronic devices such as TV remotes.