1.  These alkaline batteries do not contain mercury.

2.  According to Duracell, alkaline batteries last six times longer than zinc carbon batteries but cost only two or three times as much.

3.  Alkaline battery sales figures for the last seven months suggest that consumers are responding to that message.

4.  Alkaline batteries last longer than nickel-cadmium batteries, cost less and are better for the environment.

5.  All alkaline batteries are alike, the critics said, and consumers should buy whichever brand was on sale.

6.  Both run off two nine-volt alkaline batteries.

7.  But they kept him running on alkaline batteries for several years until the Vietnam War ended, and his soldiers never suspected a thing.

8.  Buying disposable alkaline batteries for your digital camera will soon get old.

9.  Do not try to recharge zinc or alkaline batteries.

10.  Duracell International Inc. and Eveready Battery Co. each said they will sell alkaline batteries with built-in testers next year.