Abstract: Electrolytic manganese dioxide having a BET specific surface area of less than 30 m.sup.2 /g and a suspensiveness of less than 50 mg/liter is used for alkaline manganese batteries and manganese batteries to make them excellent both in initial performance and storability. The electrolytic manganese dioxide may be made by a suspension method or a clarification method.

Abstract: Manganese byproducts produced in the course of manufacturing electrolytic manganese dioxide provide a novel manganese fertilizer having a fertilizer response that can operate both instantaneously and slow-release. A manganese fertilizer contains manganese byproducts and has 3 to 20 wt % citric acid-soluble manganese (C--MnO) and 0.5 to 7.0 wt % water-soluble manganese (W--MnO).

Abstract: There is provided manganese dioxide to be suitably used for alkaline manganese batteries and manganese batteries to make them excellent both in the initial performance and the storability. There is also provided a method of manufacturing such manganese dioxide. The electrolytic manganese dioxide has a BET specific surface area of less than 30 m.sup.2 /g (preferably less than 27 m.sup.2 /g) and a suspensiveness of less than 50 mg/liter. A method of manufacturing electrolytic manganese dioxide may be a suspension method, wherein manganese oxide is suspended at a rate of 0.01 to 0.2 g/liter in an electrolytic bath containing sulfuric acid at a concentration of 0.4 to 0.55 mol/liter and electrolyzed to produce electrolytic manganese dioxide with an anodic current density of 0.4 to 3.0 A/dm.sup.2 and an electrolytic temperature of 93.degree. to 103.degree. C., the relationship between the anodic current density and the electrolytic temperature being expressed by 103.gtoreq.y.gtoreq.1.67x+92.

Abstract: A process for producing electrolytic manganese dioxide comprising the step of suspending carbon fibers in a bath for producing manganese dioxide and electrolyizing said bath to produce electrolytic manganese dioxide.