A comparison of the energy stored by different cells on the basis of cell volume: The amount of energy available from a battery is governed by: 1) The type of cell chemistry used. 2) The amount of chemical material available in the cell.
Economic materialism. Materialism is the importance a person attaches to acquiring and consuming material goods. The use of the term materialistic to describe a person's personality or a society tends to have a negative or critical connotation.
The theory and method of study developed by Marx (1859), termed historical materialism, recognizes the ways in which economic systems structure society as a whole and influence everyday life and experience.