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Sodium ion batteries are even better in one respect, they are not as easy to catch on fire, they do not produce the kind of fires lithium batteries do, or give
by Communitivity 4y ago
Sodium ion batteries are even better in one respect, they are not as easy to catch on fire, they do not produce the kind of fires lithium batteries do, or give off the same poisonous (and sometimes explosive) gases. It can take over 3000 gallons of water to put out a Li ion car fire (and that fire can re-ignite weeks after due to the chemicals and stored energy) [1].
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWq-Mq1Uqpw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XWq-Mq1Uqpw
- amelius 4y agoHere they discuss what would happen if you dump a ton of sodium in a large pool of water: https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-you-were-to-dump-a-ton-of-sodium- https://www.quora.com/What-would-happen-if-you-were-to-dump-... into-the-middle-of-an-ocean-sized-pool-of-water And here is a video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNWTpfHovHM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNWTpfHovHM
- Communitivity 4y agoI said they were safer, not completely safe. If a fire happened with a Sodium EV I suspect they'd treat it as a grease fire and try to put it out with chemicals not water, but I am not a firefighter.
- AstralStorm 4y agoSodium sulfur battery however readily forms a sulfate salt with a hot steam explosion, which is different from sodium metal alone. Lithium battery emits lots of hydrogen gas alongside being super hot which makes for a bigger boom and hot fire that will burn underwater.
- was_a_dev 4y agoThis is like arguing water is dangerous to drink as it contains hydrogen, which explodes.