Comparison of Soaking Times (VIDEO)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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Battery manufacturers often wait several hours to ensure the liquid is fully absorbed into the pores of the electrode stack. The video shows the difference between electrode wetting at atmospheric pressure (left) and vacuum (right) as seen in the light of a neutron beam of the neutron imaging and tomography facility ANTARES at the Technical University of Munich.

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Wolfgang Weydanz/Ralph Gilles / Bosch/TUM

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