SSD for MBA Late 2010

Hiya
Does anyone know if the type of SSD and Battery for that matter have to be specifically for the desired MBA or can I ie. install a late 2012 MBP SSD in an air or use a 2012 11" MBA battery in a late 2010 MBA?
Thanks for your help
Cheers Richard

They are not interchangeable, but you can purchase a replacement SSD from OWC / MacSales:
https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Air-Retina/Apple-MacBook-Air-2010-Drive- Internal-Flash
Have Apple replace the battery. They are not user-serviceable. New OEM batteries are not available to purchase outside of Apple, no matter what their vendors may claim.

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gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 490234751
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00000000 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000020 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000030 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000040 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff |................|
00000050 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000060 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000a0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000b0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000c0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff |................|
000000d0 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 |................|
000000e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000120 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff |................|
00000130 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff |................|
00000150 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000160 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
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000001d0 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 ff 00 00 00 00 |................|
000001e0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
00000200
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