The invention provides a mercury-free
zinc paste of a button alkaline
zinc-
manganese dioxide
cell and a preparation method for the mercury-free
zinc paste. The preparation method comprises the following steps of: preparing the following raw materials in percentage by
mass: 98 to 99.05 percent of mercury-free zinc
powder, 0.4 to 1.9 percent of an adhesion agent, 0.01 to 0.6 percent of
indium hydroxide and 0.05 to 1.5 percent of zinc
oxide, wherein the adhesion agent comprises
sodium carboxymethylcellulose and
sodium polyacrylate, and the
mass ratio of the
sodium carboxymethylcellulose to the
sodium polyacrylate is 0.1 to 10;
grinding the raw materials in three-dimensional
nonmetal ball milling mixing equipment for 5 to 100 minutes; adding
electrolyte of which the
mass is 38 to 43 percent of that of the mixture into the ball milling mixing equipment; vacuumizing the ball milling mixing equipment to be below 0.01 MPa; and mixing for 10 to 100 minutes to obtain the
zinc paste. According to the preparation method, the used substances are mixed into a paste and treated under a vacuum condition, gases generated during the preparation of the
zinc paste are exhausted, and the
indium hydroxide is added to replace mercury so as to prevent the generation of gases, so that the environment is not polluted. Moreover, the
sodium carboxymethylcellulose is added to prevent dispersed zinc
powder from
sedimentation and agglomeration because the
viscosity of a zinc
electrode is reduced, and the
sodium carboxymethylcellulose acts together with the
indium hydroxide to ensure that the
cell shows high
discharge performance. Therefore, the
cell cannot deform by swelling, so that the cell can be conveniently stored, and the environment is not polluted because the indium hydroxide is added into the
zinc paste to replace the mercury so as to prevent the generation of gases. The zinc paste prepared by the preparation method can be applied to mercury-free button cells.