If you see the video there is no way a battery behaves like that, even if you drive a nail into them they more rocket flames than explode (I used to work in a battery lab).
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Wooki@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Whats scarey here is the amount if energy stored in smart phones. Pagers hold a fraction of the energy and the application here to the smart phone is the same.
stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
Wooki@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I doubt the lab experience.
Lithium ion batteries do explode, off-gassing and pressure alone can do significant damage when contained. While typically closer to a thermite reaction, conditions determine damage which have been killing people from either heat or poisonous gas. I can point to state occuption work regulators that have a documented case of an explosion.
essteeyou@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I read in a NYT headline that they were pagers with explosives added in.
iceonfire1@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Upvoted for the honesty