Types
Some reserve batteries are:
- Aluminium battery, a variant to zinc-air battery where aluminium and air are used
- Silver-zinc battery, often found in old missiles
- Thermal battery, a class of battery types with molten salt as an electrolyte. The battery is in an inert state until the electrolyte melts through heating. Common in military applications, especially for missiles and proximity fuzes Applications include V-2 rockets, AIM-9 Sidewinder, MIM-104 Patriot, BGM-71 TOW, BGM-109 Tomahawk, many nuclear weapons, and other single-use applications.
- Water-activated battery, a class of batteries where the electrolyte is water that has to be added, such as HydroPak or NoPoPo.
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