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You can't put the lithium itself out with water, but presumably water would still keep everything around it from burning?
by morpheuskafka 1y ago
You can't put the lithium itself out with water, but presumably water would still keep everything around it from burning?
- Tade0 1y agoIt's not the lithium that's burning - it's first the electrolyte, typically ethylene carbonate, which decomposes the cathode - a process that releases oxygen, which in turn fuels the fire. There's actually very little lithium by weight in li-ion batteries.