Li-ion battery warehouse fire put out with Portland cement (2021)

Re:Li-ion battery warehouse fire put out with Portland cemen... by trhway on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @12:06AM (#32820556)

>Water's the obvious choice, but it tends to drain away rather than stick around long enough to turn to steam.

just add something gel-forming into the water or some fiber/dust (even just gluten flour) that absorbs a lot of water and turns into kind of watery dough.

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Re:Li-ion battery warehouse fire put out with Portland cemen... by lazide on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @10:05AM (#32824446)

They do this at airports. The easy answer is foam.

The problem it turns out is making large quantities of water based foam (without making it flammable somehow) is easiest when using perflourinated compounds.

Oops.

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Re:Li-ion battery warehouse fire put out with Portland cemen... by _morgs_ on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @03:54AM (#32821677)

My Tesla caught fire but at least I now have a year's supply of sourdough bread

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Re:Li-ion battery warehouse fire put out with Portland cemen... by HPsquared on Tuesday September 13, 2022 @05:55AM (#32822309)

Problem with that is, it might block the addition of more water. If the 'way in' for the water gets blocked, but the battery continues to burn.

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