Depends on the usage. In low power drain devices operated mostly at room temperature, alkaline batteries are probably better. In high power drain devices sometimes operated at high or low temperatures, lithium is definitely better. It is best to use what the manufacturer of the device the battery will be used in recommends.
The main use of lead (79%) is in batteries.
When you buy lithium polymer batteries, you can do so with the knowledge that they do not have the dreaded memory effect. This new technology is much better than the batteries that used to be used in computers, phones, and the like. These batteries would remember how full they were when you plugged them in, and they would count that as being empty, even if they were not. The lithium polymer batteries do not do this.
Whether cotton wool is better or worse than filtering paper depends on what you are going to use it for.
when you use batteries you use chemical energy. Batteries contain stored chemical energy that can be changed to heat, light, sound or mechamical energy.Chemical energy is energy stored in the arrangement of particals of matter.
keyboard can use both
Because you can use them multiple times.
It allows you to use mains power instead of batteries
The itty bitty book light can be plugged into the mains or used with a battery pack. The battery pack uses for 'C' batteries. These are larger than the usual AA batteries that most electrical products use.
Fire engines may be hooked up to the mains when parked, to use electrical heaters to keep the engines at operating temperatures which makes them run better from the start, and to let on-board chargers keep the batteries topped up. Some may even have built-in coolers for medical supplies.
Walmart sells a good battery at a good price and they are IMO a better buy than the overpriced Sears batteries.
Lithium ion batteries are supposed to last longer than nickel batteries. They do not lose charge for up to 10 years in their packaging, and they last longer while in use as well.
Batteries in parallel maintain constant voltage across the load rather in a series, so it is better to arrange the batteries in parallel Batteries in series deliver a higher voltage, batteries in parallel have longer life use.
No.
Everything that is plugged into the mains socket and switched on will use electricity even if it's a battery charger with no batteries in. So yes they do draw electrical power from the mains.
Some appliances are better adapted to batteries based on portability. Batteries allow significant portability. Appliances that remain in place, like a refrigerator, would not need batteries.
A kyocera battery is a lithium-ion battery. Make sure that the batteries you buy are intended for digital camera use. There are kyocera batteries for many other products including cell phones.