Whats the difference between a carbon battery and an alkaline battery?

Alkaline batteries and carbon batteries, chemical composition and structure is different, but the output voltage is the same. Alkaline battery, low internal resistance can output a large current, and capacity, can work for a longer time. It's okay to use a carbon battery for something that uses alkaline batteries, but carbon batteries may not work for devices that require high current, such as some digital cameras. In addition, the carbon battery sealing performance is poor, easy to leak damage equipment.

The difference between an alkaline cell and a carbon cell is simply that an alkaline cell is much more durable than a carbon cell as a whole, but a carbon cell has a wider range of uses than an alkaline cell and a smaller capacity than a carbon cell, from the structure and principle, suitable for small current discharge, such as watches, remote control can be used. The alkaline battery capacity is large, more suitable for high current discharge state, such as cameras. Of course, alkaline batteries will last longer on clocks, watches and remote controls than carbon ones, and they won't run off and corrode parts as easily as carbon batteries do, in addition, alkaline battery shelf life will be a lot longer carbon batteries, so now alkaline batteries are more and more widely used.