General safety requirements for civilian used primary battery
1 Scope
This standard specifies the classification, safety performance requirements and marking of civilian used primary batteries, guidelines for purchasing, using, replacing and handling civilian used primary batteries, and guidelines for safety design of battery compartments of the equipment.
This standard is applicable to the production, testing and acceptance of various civilian used primary battery with aqueous electrolyte (alkaline and non-alkaline zinc manganese dioxide battery, zinc silver oxide battery, zinc nickel hydroxide battery and alkaline and neutral zinc oxygen battery) and various lithium primary batteries (lithium fluorocarbon battery, lithium manganese dioxide battery, lithium thionyl chloride battery, lithium iron disulfide battery, lithium sulfur dioxide and lithium copper oxide battery, etc.).
This standard provides guidance for the safe use and disposal of primary batteries and for the equipment designers to design battery compartments.
2 Normative references
The following normative documents contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. For dated references, subsequent amendments (excluding corrections) to, or revisions, of any of these publications do not apply to this standard. However parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the normative documents indicated below. For undated references, the latest edition of the normative document applies.
GB 8897.2-2008 Primary batteries — Part 2: Physical and electrical specifications
GB/T 8897.3 Primary batteries — Part 3: Watch batteries
GB 8897.4 Primary batteries — Part 4: Safety of lithium batteries
GB 8897.5 Primary batteries ― Part 5: Safety of batteries with aqueous electrolyte
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this standard, the following terms and definitions apply.
3.1
primary cell
basic functional unit of power supply, which is designed as non-chargeable and can directly convert chemical energy into electrical energy, consisting of electrodes, electrolyte, a container, terminals and usually an isolation layer
3.2
primary battery
one or more cells electrically connected by permanent means, fitted in a case, with terminals, markings and protective devices etc, as necessary for use
3.3
primary battery with aqueous electrolyte
primary battery containing aqueous electrolyte
3.4
primary battery with non aqueous electrolyte
primary cell whose liquid electrolyte contains neither water nor other sources of active protons (H+)
Foreword i
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Classification of primary batteries
5 Safety requirements for civilian used primary battery
6 Marking
7 Guidelines for purchasing, using, replacing and handling civilian used primary batteries
8 Safety design for battery compartment of the equipment
Annex A (Informative) Guidelines for the design of battery compartment
Annex B (Informative) Guidelines for designers of equipment using lithium batteries
