Battery only lasts 5.5 hours - possible they sent wrong battery?

So I love my laptop, it is great, but I feel the battery is a lot less than advertised. I used it today to see how long it lasts on battery and it was about 5.5 hours instead of the 15 hours advertised.
I have the T430 with discrete graphics, but I think it stays inactive unless I do something intensive. I was basically just browsing the internet, chatting, tweeting. I did have like 15-20 tabs open though.
If it matters, I upgraded to 256 GB SSD, 16 GB RAM and moved 7200 RPM HDD to UltraBay.
Is it possible i was sent the 6-cell battery instead of 9-cell? How do I check?
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Hi sens_adnan,
If you remove ther battery, on the left hand side is the lenovo logo.
Underneath is the part # for your battery.
If the part # is: 45N1007, then your battery is the 6-cell
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