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A secondary cell has a hydrogen-storing alloy electrode as a negative-electrode plate 26, and the electrode contains first hydrogen-storing alloy particles 36 and second hydrogen-storing alloy particles 37. The first hydrogen-storing alloy particles 36 has composition expressed by general expression (I) (Laa1Ceb1Prc1Ndd1(Al)el)1−xMgx(Ni1−y(T1)y)z, where A1 represents at least one element selected from a group consisting of Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Ca, Sr, Sc, Y, Ti, Zr and Hf; T1 represents at least one element selected from a group consisting of V, Nb, Ta, Cr, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co, Al, Ga, Zn, Sn, In, Cu, Si, P and B; a1, b1, c1, d1 and e1 are in the range of 0<a1≦0.25, 0≦b1, 0≦c1, 0≦d1 and 0≦e1 and satisfy the relation a1+b1+c1+d1+e1=1; and x, y and z are in the range of 0<x<1, 0≦y≦0.5 and 2.5≦z≦4.5.
