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Re:Aircraft seat crushed mobile phone battery, caused a fire... by AlexAndScripts on Saturday November 04, 2023 @07:16AM (#38139977)
Aren't water and lithium a terrible combination in general?
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Re:Aircraft seat crushed mobile phone battery, caused a fire... by ben-schaaf on Saturday November 04, 2023 @07:40AM (#38140117)
Lithium-ion batteries don't contain raw lithium. It's got the same explosive reactivity as the sodium in salt. Water is a good way of stopping thermal runaway through cooling.

Lithium batteries on the other hand do contain raw lithium and thus will react with water. These types of batteries aren't used in phones though.

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