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Re:Sodium batteries offer an alternative to tricky lithium by 0cf8612b2e1e on Thursday October 26, 2023 @02:01PM (#38029363)
Any concentration of energy (gasoline, batteries, compressed air, etc) is always a potential bomb if it is released too quickly.
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Re:Sodium batteries offer an alternative to tricky lithium by leplen on Thursday October 26, 2023 @10:27PM (#38033990)
The safety problem with Li-ion batteries is the electrolyte is a flammable organic solvent. It is unrelated to the amount of energy stored in the battery under normal operation.
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