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  • noun chemistry The replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a sulfate (-OSO2OH) functional group, or the replacement of the hydrogen atoms of two molecules to form a sulfate (R-OSO2O-R)

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Examples

  • While the automakers can get better start-stop performance by using ultra-premium lead-acid batteries, even premium batteries have problems with a chemical process known as sulfation which is the primary reason lead-acid batteries fail.

    AltEnergyStocks.com 2010

  • While the automakers can get better start-stop performance by using ultra-premium lead-acid batteries, even premium batteries have problems with a chemical process known as sulfation which is the primary reason lead-acid batteries fail.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page John Petersen 2010

  • Axion's hope was that its PbC devices would reduce the amount of lead used in a battery, eliminate sulfation, which is the primary cause of lead-acid battery failure, and bring supercapacitor-like power to the lead-acid world.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2008

  • For a lead-acid car battery, the failure mechanism is called sulfation, where the discharged material undergoes a phase transformation after which it can’t recharge.

    Archive 2010-02-01 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • For a lead-acid car battery, the failure mechanism is called sulfation, where the discharged material undergoes a phase transformation after which it can’t recharge.

    Battery Rules. Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • While the carbon components do not change the basic electrochemistry, they increase specific power and reduce a chemical reaction called "sulfation" that occurs during charging cycles and is the principal reason ordinary lead-acid batteries fail.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2009

  • Remember that sulfation occurs in the discharged state.

    Archive 2010-09-01 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • In general for your car lead acid batteries you have to keep them topped off to prevent sulfation.

    Pull the plug. Your battery will thank you. Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • So one could do something complicated like let the battery charge, and then let it discharge a bit, but come back the next day and charge it back up before sulfation kicks in.

    Battery Rules. Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

  • Remember that sulfation occurs in the discharged state.

    A Brief History of Batteries- Part 2 Venkat's Energy Blog 2010

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