This isn't a technology problem but a physics one: How do you sink a lot of heat energy from a chunk of material that responds to water by reacting and generati

This isn't a technology problem but a physics one: How do you sink a lot of heat energy from a chunk of material that responds to water by reacting and generating a lot of heat? Gasoline carries much more energy than a lithium battery, but spraying it with regular water (I don't know if this is actually common) could disperse the fuel and sap the heat easily, killing two parts of the fire triangle. You just can't do that with a lithium battery. Other fluids which can soak up massive amounts of energy have other problems, like being very toxic. You can't disperse the fuel either, because lithium will react with water anywhere it finds it. There's not that much lithium in a battery, but it's enough to keep re-igniting the rest of the battery.