Lithium ion battery explosion - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

Lithium ion battery explosion.




Previously:

Dog starts house fire after chewing on lithium-ion battery cable - GIF
Dropping lithium battery in water - GIF
Lithium battery fire containment unit - GIF
NASA lithium corrosion rig - photo
Workers try to extinguish lithium ion battery fire with water - GIF

[odd one]

Their attempt to put it out was much quicker than I would have expected.....as useless as it was.

[BuffaloJohn]

Their attempt to put it out was much quicker than I would have expected.....as useless as it was.

Depending on the chemistry, these lithium batterys are usually left to burn themselves out because the three things needed for combustion, fuel, oxygen, and heat are all there. The best you can do is try to keep other stuff around it from catching fire...

[RetiredFAE]

F500 fire extinguisher for lithium batteries.

Our FD used the F500 chemical in their brush truck last year to put out 36,000 pounds of lithium batteries being carried on a semi that collided head on with a semi loaded with 30,000 pounds of raw lumber.
This stuff works.


https://www.johnsoncontrols.com/-/me...tinguisher.pdf

and

https://hct-world.com/f-500-encapsul...gent-f-500-ea/

The demo they gave us (I am a volunteer) they lit a block of magnesium, let it burn for a minute, hit it with the F500 extinguisher, it went out immediately and then the demonstrator picked the block up with his bare hands, it was already cool.

[BuffaloJohn]

Another page with some more videos:

https://pyroxfire.com/product/f-500-...extinguishers/

and then this one - a highlight video of multiple types of fires, including magnesium:

I wonder if they have tried it on thermite...

[BuffaloJohn]

Interesting - encapsulation technology - very interesting...

Found a price on one - $260

This is amazing stuff - see videos on this page:

https://danko.net/f-500

The last video on the page is one to watch...

[IntheGroove]

I'm sure F-500 contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer...

[BuffaloJohn]

I'm sure F-500 contains chemicals known to the state of California to cause cancer...

The SDS does not indicate any cancer causing agents. It is a skin/eye/respiratory irritant. A post I read said not cancer causing.

It contains
40-50% :: Fatty alkyl ethers reaction products with aliphatic acids
5-8: :: Alcohols C6-12
2-4% :: 2,2’,2”-Nitrilotrisethanol aliphatic acid soap