International Electrotechnical Commission

Secondary cells and batteries containing alkaline or other non-acid electrolytes - Secondary lithium cells and batteries for portable applications - Part 3: Prismatic and cylindrical lithium secondary cells, and batteries made from them - Edition 1.0
 N 61960-3

Annotation

This part of IEC 61960 specifies performance tests, designations, markings, dimensions and other requirements for secondary lithium single cells and batteries for portable applications.

The objective of this document is to provide the purchasers and users of secondary lithium cells and batteries with a set of criteria with which they can judge the performance of secondary lithium cells and batteries offered by various manufacturers.

Portable applications comprise hand-held equipment, transportable equipment and movable equipment.

Examples of the main uses are shown below:

a) hand-held equipment: smartphone, tablet PCs, audio/video players, and similar equipment;

b) transportable equipment: notebook computers, CD players, and similar equipment;

c) movable equipment

• 18 kg or less in mass and not fixed in place, or

• provided with wheels, castors, or other means to facilitate movement by an ordinary person as required to perform its intended use,

• power tools, power assisted cycles, business-use video cameras, and similar equipment.

NOTE 1 All applications using batteries whose nominal voltages are equal to or over the hazardous voltage of 60 V DC are excluded.