Batire ya zinc-carbon (kapena super heavy duty) ndi batri yowuma ya cell yomwe imapereka mphamvu yamagetsi kuchokera ku electrochemical reaction pakati pa zinc ndi manganese dioxide (MnO2) pamaso pa electrolyte.
Imapanga voteji pafupifupi 1.5 volts pakati pa anode ya zinki, yomwe nthawi zambiri imapangidwa ngati chidebe cha cylindrical cha cell ya batri, ndi ndodo ya kaboni yozunguliridwa ndi gulu lomwe lili ndi kuthekera kwapamwamba kwa Elekitirodi (positive polarity), yotchedwa cathode, yomwe imasonkhanitsa magetsi kuchokera ku manganese dioxide electrode.Dzina lakuti "zinc-carbon" ndi losocheretsa pang'ono chifukwa limatanthauza kuti carbon ikugwira ntchito ngati kuchepetsa kusiyana ndi manganese dioxide.
Mabatire omwe amagwiritsidwa ntchito nthawi zonse amatha kugwiritsa ntchito phala la ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) ngati electrolyte, ndi njira ya zinc chloride pa cholekanitsa mapepala kuti ikhale ngati mlatho wamchere.Mitundu yolemera kwambiri imagwiritsa ntchito phala lopangidwa makamaka ndi zinc chloride (ZnCl2).
Mabatire a Zinc-carbon anali mabatire owuma oyamba ogulitsa, opangidwa kuchokera kuukadaulo wonyowaLeclanché cell.Iwo anapangatochindi zida zina zonyamulika zotheka, chifukwa batire idapereka mphamvu yayikulu kwambiri pamtengo wotsika kuposa ma cell omwe analipo kale.Amakhalabe othandiza pazida zotsika pang'ono kapena zogwiritsa ntchito pang'onopang'ono mongazowongolera kutali, tochi, mawotchi kapenama radio transistor.Zinc-carbon dry cell ndi ntchito imodzimaselo oyambirira.