SIST EN IEC 60086-1:2021

Primary batteries - Part 1: General (IEC 60086-1:2021)

This part of IEC 60086 is intended to standardize primary batteries with respect to dimensions,
nomenclature, terminal configurations, markings, test methods, typical performance, safety and
environmental aspects.
This document on one side specifies requirements for primary cells and batteries. On the other
side, this document also specifies procedures of how requirements for these batteries are to be
standardised.
As a classification tool for primary batteries, this document specifies system letters, electrodes,
electrolytes, and nominal as well as maximum open circuit voltage of electrochemical systems.
The object of this part of IEC 60086 is to benefit primary battery users, device designers and
battery manufacturers by ensuring that batteries from different manufacturers are
interchangeable according to standard form, fit and function. Furthermore, to ensure
compliance with the above, this part specifies standard test methods for testing primary cells
and batteries.
This document also contains requirements in Annex A justifying the inclusion or the ongoing
retention of batteries in the IEC 60086 series.

Primärbatterien - Teil 1: Allgemeines (IEC 60086-1:2021)

Piles électriques - Partie 1: Généralités (IEC 60086-1:2021)

IEC 60086-1:2021 est disponible sous forme de IEC 60086-1:2021 RLV qui contient la Norme internationale et sa version Redline, illustrant les modifications du contenu technique depuis l'édition précédente.

L’IEC 60086-1:2021 est destinée à normaliser les piles électriques en ce qui concerne les dimensions, la nomenclature, les configurations des bornes, les marquages, les méthodes d’essai, les caractéristiques types de fonctionnement, la sécurité et les aspects environnementaux. Le présent document spécifie d’une part les exigences pour les piles électriques. D’autre part, le présent document spécifie également des procédures de normalisation des exigences relatives à ces piles. En tant qu’outil de classification des piles électriques, le présent document spécifie les lettres des systèmes, les électrodes, les électrolytes et les tensions nominales, ainsi que maximales en circuit ouvert des systèmes électrochimiques. L’objectif de la présente partie de l’IEC 60086 est d’assurer aux utilisateurs, aux concepteurs de dispositifs et aux fabricants de piles que les piles de différents fabricants sont interchangeables par leur forme, leur montage et leur fonction. De plus, pour assurer la conformité à ce qui précède, la présente partie spécifie des méthodes d’essai normalisées pour les piles électriques.

Primarne baterije - 1. del: Splošno (IEC 60086-1:2021)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Publication Date: 20-Jul-2021
• ICS: 29.220.10 - Primary cells and batteries
• Technical Committee: I09 - Imaginarni 09
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 21-Jun-2021
• Due Date: 26-Aug-2021
• Completion Date: 21-Jul-2021
• Directive: 2014/32/EU - Directive 2014/32/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of measuring instruments
• Ref Project: EN IEC 60086-1:2021 - Primary batteries - Part 1: General

Relations

• Revised: SIST EN 60086-1:2015 - Primary batteries - Part 1: General
• Effective Date: 25-Jul-2017
• Corrected By: SIST EN IEC 60086-1:2021/AC:2022 - Primary batteries - Part 1: General (IEC 60086-1:2021/COR1:2022)
• Effective Date: 12-Jul-2022
• Replaces: SIST EN 60086-1:2015 - Primary batteries - Part 1: General
• Effective Date: 15-Jun-2021
• Replaces: SIST EN 60086-1:2015 - Primary batteries - Part 1: General
• Effective Date: 07-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
SIST EN IEC 60086-1:2021
01-september-2021
Nadomešča:
SIST EN 60086-1:2015
Primarne baterije - 1. del: Splošno (IEC 60086-1:2021)
Primary batteries - Part 1: General (IEC 60086-1:2021)
Primärbatterien - Teil 1: Allgemeines (IEC 60086-1:2021)
Piles électriques - Partie 1: Généralités (IEC 60086-1:2021)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN IEC 60086-1:2021
ICS:
29.220.10 Primarni členi in baterije Primary cells and batteries
SIST EN IEC 60086-1:2021 en
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EUROPEAN STANDARD EN IEC 60086-1

NORME EUROPÉENNE

EUROPÄISCHE NORM
June 2021
ICS 29.220.10 Supersedes EN 60086-1:2015 and all of its amendments
and corrigenda (if any)
English Version
Primary batteries - Part 1: General
(IEC 60086-1:2021)
Piles électriques - Partie 1: Généralités Primärbatterien - Teil 1: Allgemeines
(IEC 60086-1:2021) (IEC 60086-1:2021)
This European Standard was approved by CENELEC on 2021-06-01. CENELEC members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC
Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for giving this European Standard the status of a national standard without any alteration.
Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references concerning such national standards may be obtained on application to the CEN-CENELEC
Management Centre or to any CENELEC member.
This European Standard exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CENELEC member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
same status as the official versions.
CENELEC members are the national electrotechnical committees of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic,
Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.


European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization
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CEN-CENELEC Management Centre: Rue de la Science 23, B-1040 Brussels
© 2021 CENELEC All rights of exploitation in any form and by any means reserved worldwide for CENELEC Members.
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EN IEC 60086-1:2021 (E)
European foreword
The text of document 35/1465/FDIS, future edition 13 of IEC 60086-1, prepared by IEC/TC 35
"Primary cells and batteries" was submitted to the IEC-CENELEC parallel vote and approved by
CENELEC as EN IEC 60086-1:2021.
The following dates are fixed:
• latest date by which the document has to be implemented at national (dop) 2022-03-01
level by publication of an identical national standard or by endorsement
• latest date by which the national standards conflicting with the (dow) 2024-06-01
document have to be withdrawn
This document supersedes EN 60086-1:2015 and all of its amendments and corrigenda (if any).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CENELEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
Endorsement notice
The text of the International Standard IEC 60086-1:2021 was approved by CENELEC as a European
Standard without any modification.
In the official version, for Bibliography, the following notes have to be added for the standards
indicated:
IEC 60086-6 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 60086-6
IEC 62281 NOTE Harmonized as EN IEC 62281
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EN IEC 60086-1:2021 (E)
Annex ZA
(normative)

Normative references to international publications
with their corresponding European publications
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments)
applies.
NOTE 1  Where an International Publication has been modified by common modifications, indicated by (mod),
the relevant EN/HD applies.
NOTE 2  Up-to-date information on the latest versions of the European Standards listed in this annex is available
here: www.cenelec.eu.
Publication Year Title EN/HD Year
IEC 60086-2 2015 Primary batteries - Part 2: Physical and EN 60086-2 2016
electrical specifications
IEC 60086-3 - Primary batteries - Part 3: Watch EN IEC 60086-3 -
batteries
IEC 60086-4 - Primary batteries - Part 4: Safety of EN IEC 60086-4 -
lithium batteries
IEC 60086-5 - Primary batteries - Part 5: Safety of EN 60086-5 -
batteries with aqueous electrolyte

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CONTENTS
FOREWORD . 5
INTRODUCTION . 7
1 Scope . 8
2 Normative references . 8
3 Terms and definitions . 8
4 Requirements . 11
4.1 General . 11
4.1.1 Design . 11
4.1.2 Battery dimensions . 11
4.1.3 Terminals . 11
4.1.4 Classification (electrochemical system) . 13
4.1.5 Designation . 14
4.1.6 Marking . 14
4.1.7 Interchangeability: battery voltage . 15
4.2 Performance . 16
4.2.1 Discharge performance . 16
4.2.2 Dimensional stability . 16
4.2.3 Leakage . 16
4.2.4 Open-circuit voltage limits . 16
4.2.5 Service output . 16
4.2.6 Safety . 16
4.2.7 Validity of testing . 17
5 Performance – Testing . 17
5.1 Capacity testing versus application and service output testing . 17
5.2 Discharge testing . 17
5.2.1 General . 17
5.2.2 Application tests . 18
5.2.3 Service output tests . 18
5.3 Conformance check to a specified minimum average duration . 19
5.4 Guidance for considering proposed value of minimum average duration . 19
5.5 OCV testing . 19
5.6 Insulation resistance . 19
5.7 Battery dimensions . 19
5.8 Leakage and deformation . 19
6 Performance – Test conditions . 20
6.1 Storage and discharge conditions . 20
6.2 Commencement of discharge tests after storage . 20
6.3 Discharge test conditions . 20
6.3.1 General . 20
6.3.2 Compliance . 20
6.4 Load resistance . 21
6.5 Time periods . 21
6.6 Test condition tolerances . 21
6.7 Activation of ‘P’-system batteries . 21
6.8 Measuring equipment . 22
6.8.1 Voltage measurement . 22

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6.8.2 Mechanical measurement . 22
7 Sampling and quality assurance . 22
8 Battery packaging . 22
Annex A (normative) Criteria for the standardization of batteries . 23
Annex B (informative) Recommendations for equipment design . 24
B.1 Technical liaison . 24
B.2 Battery compartment . 24
B.2.1 General . 24
B.2.2 Limiting access by children . 25
B.3 Voltage cut-off . 25
Annex C (normative) Designation system (nomenclature) . 26
C.1 General . 26
C.2 Designation system in use up to October 1990. 26
C.2.1 General . 26
C.2.2 Cells . 26
C.2.3 Electrochemical system . 28
C.2.4 Batteries . 28
C.2.5 Modifiers . 29
C.2.6 Examples. 29
C.3 Designation system in use since October 1990 . 29
C.3.1 General . 29
C.3.2 Round batteries . 29
C.3.3 Non-round batteries . 33
C.3.4 Ambiguity . 36
Annex D (informative) Standard discharge voltage U – Definition and method of
s

determination . 38
D.1 Definition . 38
D.2 Determination . 38
D.2.1 General considerations: the C/R-plot . 38
D.2.2 Determination of the standard discharge resistor R . 39
s
D.2.3 Determination of the standard discharge capacity C and standard
s
discharge time t . 40
s
D.3 Experimental conditions to be observed and test results . 41
Annex E (informative) Preparation of standard methods of measuring performance
(SMMP) of consumer goods . 42
E.1 General . 42
E.2 Performance characteristics . 42
E.3 Criteria for the development of test methods . 42
Annex F (informative) Guidance for proposing value of minimum average duration . 43
F.1 General . 43
F.2 Sampling. 43
F.3 Calculation method . 43
Annex G (normative) Code of practice for packaging, shipment, storage, use and

disposal of primary batteries . 44
G.1 General . 44
G.2 Packaging . 44
G.3 Transport and handling . 44
G.4 Storage and stock rotation . 44

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G.5 Displays at sales points . 45
G.6 Selection, use and disposal . 45
G.6.1 Purchase . 45
G.6.2 Installation . 45
G.6.3 Use . 45
G.6.4 Replacement . 46
G.6.5 Disposal . 46
Annex H (informative) Compliance checklist . 47
Bibliography . 48

Figure C.1 – Designation system for round batteries: d < 100 mm;
1

height h < 100 mm . 30
1
Figure C.2 – Diameter code for non-recommended diameters . 31
Figure C.3 – Height code for denoting the hundredths of a millimetre of height . 32
Figure C.4 – Designation system for round batteries: d ≥ 100 mm; height h ≥ 100 mm . 33
1 1
Figure C.5 – Designation system for non-round batteries, dimensions < 100 mm . 34
Figure C.6 – Designation system for non-round batteries, dimensions ≥ 100 mm . 35
Figure C.7 – Height code for discrimination per tenth of a millimetre . 35
Figure D.1 – Normalized C/R-plot (schematic) . 39
Figure D.2 – Standard discharge voltage (schematic) . 40


Table 1 – Standardized electrochemical systems . 13
Table 2 – Marking requirements . 15
Table 3 – Conditions for storage before and during discharge testing . 20
Table 4 – Resistive loads for tests . 21
Table 5 – Time periods for tests . 21
Table 6 – Test condition tolerances . 21
Table A.1 – Items necessary to standardize . 23
Table C.1 – Physical designation and dimensions of round cells and batteries . 27
Table C.2 – Physical designation and nominal overall dimensions of flat cells . 28
Table C.3 – Physical designation and dimensions of square cells and batteries . 28
Table C.4 – Diameter code for recommended diameter . 31
Table C.5 – Physical designation and dimensions of round cells and batteries
based on Clause C.2 . 36
Table C.6 – Physical designation and dimensions of non-round batteries
based on Clause C.2 . 37
Table D.1 – Standard discharge voltage by system . 41

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INTERNATIONAL ELECTROTECHNICAL COMMISSION
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PRIMARY BATTERIES –

Part 1: General

FOREWORD
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rights. IEC shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
International Standard IEC 60086-1 has been prepared by IEC technical committee 35: Primary
cells and batteries.
This thirteenth edition cancels and replaces the twelfth edition published in 2015. This edition
constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous
edition:
a) a compliance checklist was added as an Annex H;
b) definitions were harmonized with the other 60086 series documents;
c) the nominal voltage of the zinc air system is now listed as either 1,4 V or 1,45 V;
d) Annex F for calculation of MAD values was simplified;
e) a validity period for testing was added;
f) the accelerated aging test at 45 °C was changed from 13 to 4 weeks;

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The text of this International Standard is based on the following documents:
FDIS Report on voting
35/1465/FDIS 35/1469/RVD

Full information on the voting for the approval of this International Standard can be found in the
report on voting indicated in the above table.
The language used for the development of this International Standard is English.
This document was drafted in accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2, and developed in
accordance with ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1 and ISO/IEC Directives, IEC Supplement, available
at www.iec.ch/members_experts/refdocs. The main document types developed by IEC are
described in greater detail at www.iec.ch/standardsdev/publications.
A list of all parts in the IEC 60086 series, under the general title Primary batteries, can be found
on the IEC website.
The committee has decided that the contents of this document will remain unchanged until the
stability date indicated on the IEC website under "http://webstore.iec.ch" in the data related to
the specific document. At this date, the document will be
• reconfirmed,
• withdrawn,
• replaced by a revised edition, or
• amended.

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IEC 60086-1:2021 © IEC 2021 – 7 –
INTRODUCTION
The technical content of this part of IEC 60086 provides fundamental requirements and
information on primary cells and batteries. All batteries within the IEC 60086 series are
considered dry cell batteries. In this sense, IEC 60086-1 is the main component of the
IEC 60086 series and forms the basis for the subsequent parts. For example, this part includes
elementary information on definitions, nomenclature, dimensions and marking. While specific
requirements are included, the content of this part tends to explain methodology (how) and
justification (why).
Over the years, this part has been changed to improve its content and remains under continual
scrutiny to ensure that the publication is kept up to date with the advances in both battery and
battery-powered device technologies.
Safety requirements and recommendations are available in IEC 60086-4, IEC 60086-5 and
IEC 62281. Specifications are available in IEC 60086-2 and IEC 60086-3. Environmental
aspects are dealt with in IEC 60086-6.

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PRIMARY BATTERIES –

Part 1: General



1 Scope
This part of IEC 60086 is intended to standardize primary batteries with respect to dimensions,
nomenclature, terminal configurations, markings, test methods, typical performance, safety and
environmental aspects.
This document on one side specifies requirements for primary cells and batteries. On the other
side, this document also specifies procedures of how requirements for these batteries are to be
standardised.
As a classification tool for primary batteries, this document specifies system letters, electrodes,
electrolytes, and nominal as well as maximum open circuit voltage of electrochemical systems.
The object of this part of IEC 60086 is to benefit primary battery users, device designers and
battery manufacturers by ensuring that batteries from different manufacturers are
interchangeable according to standard form, fit and function. Furthermore, to ensure
compliance with the above, this part specifies standard test methods for testing primary cells
and batteries.
This document also contains requirements in Annex A justifying the inclusion or the ongoing
retention of batteries in the IEC 60086 series.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies.
For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any
amendments) applies.
IEC 60086-2:2015, Primary batt
...